Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta (eBook, PDF)

Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta (eBook, PDF)

Historical Studies in Asteroid Research

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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, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres.Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers arg...

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