The Struggles to Find the Ninth Planet
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A paper by Clyde Tombaugh relating his discovery of Pluto.
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Neptune's Discovery
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Article in Astronomy Magazine.
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Asteroid Discovery Circumstances
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For each minor planet: Where & when found, & by whom.
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Is Mars Habitable?
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A. R. Wallace's 1907 critique of Lowell's Book 'Mars & Its Canals'
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The Planet Mars: A History of Observation & Discovery
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On-line version of the book by William Sheehan.
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Exploring The Planets-Discovery
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The five known in antiquity, three more since the telescope, and Ceres.
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Orbits & Gravitation
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The development of the mathematics of planetary motion.
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Neptune & Pluto
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Mathematical discovery of planets
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Exploring the Moon
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Timeline of Lunar exploration.
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When Did the asteroids Become Minor Planets?
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Discusses the discovery of the first asteroids, their designation as planets, and their reclassification.
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