Project Gutenberg 2012-12-06 Public domain in the USA. 86 Kirkwood, Daniel 1814 1895 05012423 The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter. E-text prepared by Paul Clark, sp1nd, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter" by Daniel Kirkwood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work discusses the discovery and characteristics of asteroids located between Mars and Jupiter, presenting both historical insights and data. The book serves to fill a gap in astronomical literature regarding these celestial bodies, shedding light on their orbits and the ongoing search for additional minor planets. The opening of the publication introduces the rapid advancements in discovering minor planets, indicating their unique orbits and relationship to Jupiter. It contains a preface by Kirkwood, outlining the content structure, which will include historical facts about the discoveries of notable asteroids such as Ceres and Pallas, along with detailed tables of data related to these celestial bodies. Furthermore, the text sets the stage for a detailed analysis of the significance of these objects in the solar system, hinting at discussions on their origins and peculiar orbital characteristics that will unfold in the subsequent sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Asteroids QB Text Browsing: Science - Astronomy Browsing: Science - General 219411 219195 2024-09-17T12:12:34.141099 2023-09-18T07:08:58.312373 text/html text/html 217459 2012-12-06T18:04:56 text/html 53459 2012-12-06T18:08:57 text/html application/zip 126227 2024-09-17T12:12:42.993016 application/epub+zip 123367 2024-09-17T12:12:36.228070 application/epub+zip 120351 2024-09-17T12:12:35.025047 application/epub+zip 333123 2024-09-17T12:12:46.500020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306975 2024-09-17T12:12:42.042041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304286 2022-09-19T04:45:38.035824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120771 2024-09-17T12:12:32.334077 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120150 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 41750 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 120155 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 41727 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 120236 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41728 2012-12-06T17:59:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21019 2024-09-17T12:12:46.662990 application/rdf+xml 23916 2024-09-17T12:12:35.432074 image/jpeg 4969 2024-09-17T12:12:35.226083 image/jpeg 122513 2024-09-17T12:12:34.158064 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog