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Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system
Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first m...
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Infobase Publishing
2010
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| author | Elkins-Tanton, Linda T |
| author_facet | Elkins-Tanton, Linda T |
| author_sort | Elkins-Tanton, Linda T |
| collection | CERN |
| description | Unlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first member was found in 2004. The discovery of the outer planets made such an impression on the minds of mankind that they were immortalized in the names of the newly discovered elements: uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, an astonishingly deadly constituent of atomic bombs. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and t |
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| spelling | cern-16129322021-04-21T22:11:34Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1612932engElkins-Tanton, Linda TUranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar systemAstrophysics and AstronomyUnlike all the planets closer to the Sun, known since antiquity, the farthest reaches are the discoveries of the modern world. Uranus was discovered in 1781, Neptune in 1846, Pluto in 1930, the Kuiper belt group of objects in 1992, and though the Oort cloud has been theorized since 1950, its first member was found in 2004. The discovery of the outer planets made such an impression on the minds of mankind that they were immortalized in the names of the newly discovered elements: uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, an astonishingly deadly constituent of atomic bombs. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and tInfobase Publishingoai:cds.cern.ch:16129322010 |
| spellingShingle | Astrophysics and Astronomy Elkins-Tanton, Linda T Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title_full | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title_fullStr | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title_short | Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and the outer solar system |
| title_sort | uranus, neptune, pluto, and the outer solar system |
| topic | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1612932 |
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