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Investigating the origin of the asteroids and early findings on Vesta: historical studies in asteroid research
This 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...
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Springer
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58118-7 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2287883 |