Pluto and Charon
Pluto and Charon
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DOI：
10.2307/j.ctt1zxsmht.24
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发表时间：
1997-11
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S. Stern;D. Tholen
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作者：
S. Stern;D. Tholen
自1930年被发现后的50年里，冥王星一直是个谜。然而，在过去的二十年中发生的一些事件有助于揭开围绕第九颗行星的神秘面纱。1978年，它的卫星卡戎被发现，这使得科学家们可以通过掩星观测来确定这两个天体的大小。天文学家还发现了大气层的存在，哈勃太空望远镜提供了前所未有的细节。除了这两个偶然的事件，望远镜仪器和计算方法的进步导致了令人兴奋的观测和理论发现。这个新的空间科学系列卷集中在与冥王星和冥卫一相关的科学问题。50位合作作者在这里回顾了冥王星-冥卫一双星的最新研究，从整体性质，表面和内部到大气结构，成分和动力学。他们还提供了冥王星-冥卫一研究的历史观点，并讨论了海王星外区域的人口和冥王星-冥卫一双星的起源。还包括由冥王星和冥卫一的发现者，克莱德汤博和詹姆斯克里斯蒂序言发言。这卷提供了最全面的可用的研究工作纲要，以了解我们太阳系的这些遥远的成员，就在我们的知识发生戏剧性发展的时候，但在这之前，知识可以通过航天器任务来推进。
For five decades after its discovery in 1930, the planet Pluto remained an enigma. However, several events during the last two decades have helped to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the ninth planet. The discovery of its satellite, Charon, in 1978 permitted occultation observations that allowed scientists to determine the size of both bodies. Astronomers also detected the presence of an atmosphere, and the Hubble Space Telescope provided views in unprecedented detail. In addition to these two fortuitous events, advances in telescopic instrumentation and computational methods led to exciting observational and theoretical discoveries. This new Space Sciences Series volume focuses on the scientific issues associated with Pluto and Charon. Fifty collaborating authors here review the latest research on the Pluto-Charon binary, from bulk properties, surfaces and interiors to atmospheric structure, composition, and dynamics. They also provide historical perspectives on Pluto-Charon research and discuss the population of the trans-Neptunian region and the origin of the Pluto-Charon binary. Also included are prefatory remarks by Pluto's and Charon's discoverers, Clyde Tombaugh and James Christy. This volume offers the most comprehensive available compendium of research work for understanding these far off members of our solar system, just at a time following dramatic developments in our knowledge but before that knowledge can be advanced by spacecraft missions.