Discovering Pluto: Exploration at the Edge of the Solar System

by Dale P. Cruikshank and William Sheehan

Book Overview

Discovering Pluto is an authoritative account of the exploration of Pluto and its moons, from the first inklings of tentative knowledge through the exciting discoveries made during the flyby of the NASA New Horizons research spacecraft in July 2015. Co-author Dale P. Cruikshank was a co-investigator on the New Horizons mission, while co-author William Sheehan is a noted historian of the Solar System.

Telling the tale of Pluto's discovery,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816539383
• ISBN13: 9780816539383
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"