The Solar System Beyond Neptune

The Solar System Beyond Neptune
Edited by M. A. Barucci; H. Boehnhardt; D. P. Cruikshank; A. Morbidelli; Renee Dotson
592 pp. / 8.50 in x 11.00 in / 2008
Cloth (978-0-8165-2755-7) [s]

Series
- Space Science Series

Related Interest
- Earth and Space Sciences

A new frontier in our solar system opened with the discovery of the Kuiper Belt and the extensive population of icy bodies orbiting beyond Neptune. Today the study of all of these bodies, collectively

Winner of a PROSE award spronsored by the Association of American Publishers in the cosmology/astronomy category.

This research is the astronomical equivalent to sequencing dinosaur DNA.

— Meteoritics and Planetary Science

The new volume in the Space Science Series offers the most up-to-date picture of our solar system's farthest regions. The Solar System Beyond Neptune brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding and points the way to further advancement in the field, making it a good resource for researchers and students in the planetary sciences.

— Spaceflight

referred to as trans-Neptunian objects, reveals them to be frozen time capsules from the earliest epochs of solar system formation. This new volume in the Space Science Series, with one hundred contributing authors, offers the most detailed and up-to-date picture of our solar system's farthest frontier. Our understanding of trans-Neptunian objects is rapidly evolving and currently constitutes one of the most active research fields in planetary sciences. The Solar System Beyond Neptune brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding and points the way to further advancement in the field, making it an indispensable resource for researchers and students in planetary science.

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