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100 1 _aKirkwood, Daniel,
_d1814-1895
245 1 4 _aThe Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2012-12-06
508 _aE-text prepared by Paul Clark, sp1nd, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org)
520 _a"The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter" by Daniel Kirkwood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work discusses the discovery and characteristics of asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter, presenting both historical insights and data. The book serves to fill a gap in astronomical literature regarding these celestial bodies, shedding light on their orbits and the ongoing search for additional minor planets. The opening of the publication introduces the rapid advancements in discovering minor planets, indicating their unique orbits and relationship to Jupiter. It contains a preface by Kirkwood, outlining the content structure, which will include historical facts about the discoveries of notable asteroids such as Ceres and Pallas, along with detailed tables of data related to these celestial bodies. Furthermore, the text sets the stage for a detailed analysis of the significance of these objects in the solar system, hinting at discussions on their origins and peculiar orbital characteristics that will unfold in the subsequent sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aAsteroids
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41570
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