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Mobile 1
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QB 701 B69 2009
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9780470505441 (cloth)
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Boyle, Alan, 1954-
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The case for Pluto : how a little planet made a big difference / Alan Boyle.
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1. Pluto (Dwarf planet) 2. Solar system. |
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Covers "the tiny planet's ups and downs, its strange appeal, the reasons behind its demotion, and the reasons why it should be set back in the planetary pantheon."--Website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents: The planet in the cornfield -- Fellow wanderers -- The search for planet X -- Pluto and its little pals -- The meaning of a moon -- There goes the neighborhood -- Not yet explored -- Betting on the tenth planet -- The battle of prague -- The lighter side of Pluto -- The great planet debate -- Day of the dwarfs -- Planet X redux -- Alien Plutos -- The case for Pluto.
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Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. |
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xii, 258 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm. |
