Contributions

  • A. Fitzsimmons (Editor) - Contributor
  • D. Jewitt (Editor) - Contributor
  • R.M. West (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2001-01-25 - Springer

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number00049694
  • Goodreads4867588
  • LibraryThing7752742

Classifications

  • LCCQC1-75

Description

This volume tries to summarize the status of observational knowledge of the Kuiper Belt. Its recent discovery has revitalized the astromomical study of the Solar System and is beginning to open new and unexpected windows on the physics of planetesimal accretion. With more and better observational data being obtained at the technological limit of current facilities, a new perception of the relationships that exist among the various classes of small Solar System bodies has emerged. The new observations have also motivated a number of fascinating theoretical studies in Solar System dynamics.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 2-5 November 1998 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)HardcoverSpringer2001-01-25

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