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Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. An adventure in scientific discovery Pluto, the farthermost planet in the solar system, some 3,673 million mites from the Sun, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in 1930. The fiftieth anniversary of Pluto's discovery will be celebrated in 1980 and OUT OF THE DARKNESS: THE PLANET PLUTO tells the exciting scientific story of the twenty-five year search for a planet X beyond Neptune, and its discovery-the only planet found in the twentieth century. The planets Mercury, Venus. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all known since antiquity. Then Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, and 65 years later, in 1846, Johann Calle and Urbain le Verner discovered Neptune. Variations in orbital perturbations of the planets and theoretical astronomy were responsible for predicting and discovering the three outermost planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) and so Pluto's story is also, to some extent, the story of its planetary neighbors.What kind of world is Pluto? Much is still a mystery (its.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. pp. 222.

Condition: New. pp. 222.

Paperback. Condition: New. An adventure in scientific discovery Pluto, the farthermost planet in the solar system, some 3,673 million mites from the Sun, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in 1930. The fiftieth anniversary of Pluto's discovery will be celebrated in 1980 and OUT OF THE DARKNESS: THE PLANET PLUTO tells the exciting scientific story of the twenty-five year search for a planet X beyond Neptune, and its discovery-the only planet found in the twentieth century. The planets Mercury, Venus. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all known since antiquity. Then Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, and 65 years later, in 1846, Johann Calle and Urbain le Verner discovered Neptune. Variations in orbital perturbations of the planets and theoretical astronomy were responsible for predicting and discovering the three outermost planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) and so Pluto's story is also, to some extent, the story of its planetary neighbors.What kind of world is Pluto? Much is still a mystery (its.…

Condition: New. pp. 222.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 221 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Foreward by Dr. James W.Christy. Signed on half title page by Clyde W. Tombaugh in his hometown to Professor Jim Mealy, "To Jim Mealey, with best wishes, Cyde W. Tombaugh. 23 Nov. 1982." 221 pages with Index. Very slight shelf wear and edge wear. Spine slightly chipped, now in protective mylar. Pages are clean and tight. Thomas E. Wessel (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good + second printing hardback, signed by the man who discovered Pluto, Clyde Tombaugh, on the half-title page. In very good clipped, mylar protected jacket. Light rubbing/wear to bottom cover board & spine corners. Small chip at top right front cover corner of jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: New. An adventure in scientific discovery Pluto, the farthermost planet in the solar system, some 3,673 million mites from the Sun, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in 1930. The fiftieth anniversary of Pluto's discovery will be celebrated in 1980 and OUT OF THE DARKNESS: THE PLANET PLUTO tells the exciting scientific story of the twenty-five year search for a planet X beyond Neptune, and its discovery-the only planet found in the twentieth century. The planets Mercury, Venus. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn were all known since antiquity. Then Sir William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, and 65 years later, in 1846, Johann Calle and Urbain le Verner discovered Neptune. Variations in orbital perturbations of the planets and theoretical astronomy were responsible for predicting and discovering the three outermost planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) and so Pluto's story is also, to some extent, the story of its planetary neighbors.What kind of world is Pluto? Much is still a mystery (its.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. 221 pp. Signed presentation from the author from Clyde Tombaugh to a fellow astronomer: "To Jack Gaunt, my fellow observer of the wonderful objects in the heavens. With Best wishes Clyde W Tombaugh 28 December 1983." Original publisher's smooth dark blue boards lettered silver gilt on spine and on front cover. Illustrated account of the discovery of Pluto by Tombaugh, described in the book as 'the only man alive, and the only man in the twentieth century, to have discovered a planet'. Pluto has since been reclassified by the International Astronomical Union as a dwarf-planet. Moore and Tombaugh are the authors of different chapters in the book. Tombaugh discovered the Pluto in 1930 when he was a 23-year-old at only a high school diploma, he died in 1997 age 90. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. No other inscriptions, not price-clipped. Signedes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very Good condition Hardcover, Signed and inscribed by one of the Authors on the ffep. "To J.P.L. with my compliments Clyde W. Tombaugh, 27 Aug. 1992". Navy blue boards with silver lettering on spine and cover includes numerous b/w illustrations, Glossary and Index, 221 pages. The exception to the condition is stains on the text blocks. The DJ is in Good + condition with the exception of stains on the lower inside bottom wrappers, a open tear on the rear and general shelf wear to extremities, protected now in brodart. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Uncommon inscribed by Tombaugh. Inscribed By the Author.

clyde tombaugh patrick moore out of the darkness the planet pluto NUOVISSIMO. .

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorClyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto in February 1930 at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona, and holds the distinction of being the only man alive, and the only man in the twentieth century to have discovered a plane.…