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Books
or Articles about Uranus and Neptune
Burgess, Eric Far Encounter: The Neptune System. 1992,
Columbia U. Press. Survey of Voyager flyby by a veteran science
journalist.
Dowling,
T. "Big, Blue: The Twin Worlds of Uranus and Neptune" in
Astronomy, Oct. 1990, p. 42. Nice long review of the two planets.
Elliot,
J. et al. "Discovering the Rings of Uranus" in Sky & Telescope,
June 1977, p. 412.
Gore,
R. "Neptune: Voyager' s Last Picture Show" in National
Geographic, Aug. 1990, p. 35.
Littmann,
Mark Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System,
2nd ed. 1989, J. Wiley. Good introduction to Uranus, Neptune,
and Pluto.
Lunine,
J. "Neptune at 150" in Sky & Telescope, Sep. 1996, p. 38.
Nice review.
Miner,
Ellis Uranus. 1990, Ellis Horwood/Simon and Schuster. Definitive
introduction to the planet.
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or Articles about the Satellites of the Outer Planets
Carroll, M. "Europa: Distant Ocean, Hidden Life?" in Sky
& Telescope, Dec. 1997, p. 50.
Croswell,
K. "The Titan-Triton Connection" in Astronomy, Apr. 1993,
p. 26.
Elliot,
J. "The Warming Wisps of Triton" in Sky & Telescope, Feb.
1999, p. 42.
Hartmann,
W. "View from Io" in Astronomy, May 1981, p. 17.
Johnson,
T. "The Galileo Mission to Jupiter and its Moons" in Scientific
American, Feb. 2000, p. 40. Nice overview of new discoveries about
each of the main moons except Europa.
Johnson,
T. et al. "The Moons of Uranus" in Scientific American,
Apr. 1987.
Milstein,
M. "Diving into Europa' s Ocean" in Astronomy, Oct. 1997,
p. 38.
Morrison,
D. "An Enigma Called Io" in Sky & Telescope, Mar. 1985,
p. 198.
Pappalardo,
R., et al. "The Hidden Ocean of Europa" in Scientific American,
Oct. 1999, p. 54.
Rothery,
D. Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in Their Own Right.
1992, Oxford U. Press.
Soderblom,
L. & Johnson, T. "The Moons of Saturn" in Scientific American,
Jan. 1982.
Talcott,
R. "The Violent Volcanoes of Io" in Astronomy, May 1993,
p. 41.
Talcott,
R. "Jumping Jupiter" in Astronomy, June 1998, p. 40. On
Galileo mission results.
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Books
or Articles about Pluto
Beatty, J. "Pluto Reconsidered" in Sky & Telescope, May
1999, p. 48. Discussion of the controversy about whether Pluto
should be regarded as a planet, and an update on what we know
about the 9th planet.
Binzel,
R. "Pluto" in Scientific American, June 1990.
Burnham,
R. "At the Edge of Night: Pluto and Charon" in Astronomy,
Jan. 1994, p. 41.
Graham,
R. "Is Pluto a Planet?" in Astronomy, July 1999, p. 42.
Another report on the controversy about how like other planets
Pluto is.
Harrington,
R. and Harrington, B. "The Discovery of Pluto' s Moon"
in Mercury, Jan./Feb. 1979, p. 1.
Hoyt,
W. Planets X and Pluto. 1980, U. of Arizona Press. Superb
history of the search for Pluto and other outer planets.
Levy,
David Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of Pluto. 1991, U. of
Arizona Press.
Tombaugh,
C. "The Discovery of Pluto" in Mercury, May/June 1986,
p. 66, and Jul./Aug. 1986, p. 98.
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Books
and Articles on Meteors and Meteorites
Chaikin, A. "A Stone' s Throw from the Planets" in Sky
& Telescope, Feb. 1983, p. 122. Discusses meteorites from the
Moon and Mars.
Dodd,
R. Thunderstones and Shooting Stars: The Meaning of Meteorites.
1986, Harvard U. Press. A clear guide to the science of meteorites.
Litmann,
Mark The Heavens on Fire. 1998, Cambridge U. Press. Best
introduction to meteor showers in history and science.
Livermore,
B. "Meteorites on Ice" in Astronomy, July 1999, p. 54.
Finding them in Antarctica.
McSVeen,
Harry Meteorites and Their Parent Planets. 1987, Cambridge
U. Press. A good general introduction by a geologist.
Norton,
O. Richard Rocks from Space, 2nd ed. 1998, Mountain Press
Publishing. A guide for amateurs, with information on science,
folklore, and collecting.
Sanderson,
R. "The Night of Raining Fire" in Sky & Telescope, Nov.
1998, On the great meteor storm of 1833 (involving the Leonids.)
Schaefer,
B. "Meteor[ite]s that Changed the World" in Sky &Telescope,
Dec. 1998, p. 68. On famous cases, including Tukuska, Chicxulub,
and and the Black Stone of the Kabaa.
Spratt,
C. and Stephens, S. "Against All Odds: Meteorites That Have
Struck [the Earth]" in Mercury, Mar./Apr. 1992, p. 50.
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