LEADER 04658nam 22006375 450 001 9910254592303321 005 20200704111454.0 010 $a3-319-58118-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-58118-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000000587540 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-58118-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5050549 035 $a(PPN)204536014 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000587540 100 $a20170920d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInvestigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta $eHistorical Studies in Asteroid Research /$fby Clifford J. Cunningham 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 399 p. 211 illus., 35 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-319-58117-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Exordium -- 1 Olbers' Hypothesis: The Origin of the Asteroids -- 2 Regnér's Attacks on Olbers' Hypothesis -- 3 Brewster's Support for Olbers' Hypothesis -- 4 The Discovery of Vesta -- 5 Vesta: A Self-Luminous Asteroid?- 6 Asteroids and the Language of Nature -- 7 The Perturbations of Vesta -- 8 Letters: Olbers-Gauss -- 9 Letters: Bessel-Olbers-Bode-Gauss -- 10 Letters: Groombridge-Maskelyne-Herschel -- 11 Schroeter's Asteroid Books -- 12 Scientific Papers -- 13 Historical Surveys of the Asteroids -- Appendix A: Kepler's Singular Audacity -- Appendix B: Master List of Asteroid Correspondence -- Appendix C: Master List of English Magazine Articles -- Appendix D: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Vesta -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Index. 330 $aThis book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet?s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres. Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers arguing over its size and color, and the astounding notion that it was self-luminous. It was also a major force for change, as new methods in the field of celestial mechanics were developed to study the orbital perturbations it is subject to. A large selection of private correspondence and scientific papers complete the first comprehensive historical study of Vesta ever published. With a synoptic look at the four asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta, Cunningham provides a valuable resource on asteroid origins and explains how they were integrated into the newly revealed solar system of the early nineteenth century.  . 606 $aAstronomy$vObservations 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aHistory 606 $aPhysics 606 $aPlanetary science 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 606 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P29000 606 $aPlanetology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G18010 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 0$aPlanetary science. 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 14$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. 615 24$aPlanetology. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 676 $a520 700 $aCunningham$b Clifford J$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0818718 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254592303321 996 $aInvestigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta$92080716 997 $aUNINA