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Tables of Contents for Pluto and Charon
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
DEDICATION
v
6
COLLABORATING AUTHORS
xi
2
PREFACE
xiii
2
THE DISCOVERY OF THE NINTH PLANET, PLUTO, IN 1930
xv
2
C.W. Tombaugh
THE DISCOVERY OF PLUTO'S MOON, CHARON, IN 1978
xvii
J.W. Christy
PART I Historical Perspective
3
124
THE PREDICTION AND DISCOVERIES OF PLUTO AND CHARON
3
24
G. Reaves
THE FIRST 50 YEARS OF PLUTO-CHARON RESEARCH
27
58
R.L. Marcialis
MUTUAL EVENTS AND STELLAR OCCULTATIONS
85
18
R.P. Binzel
W.B. Hubbard
SPACECRAFT MISSIONS TO PLUTO AND CHARON
103
24
R.J. Terrile
S.A. Stern
R.L. Staehle
S.C. Brewster
J.B. Carraway
P.K. Henry
H. Price
S.S. Weinstein
PART II Dynamics
127
66
PLUTO'S HELIOCENTRIC ORBIT
127
32
R. Malhotra
J.G. Williams
DYNAMICS OF THE PLUTO-CHARON BINARY
159
34
A.R. Dobrovolskis
S.J. Peale
A.W. Harris
PART III Bulk Properties, Surfaces and Interiors
193
154
BULK PROPERTIES OF PLUTO AND CHARON
193
28
D.J. Tholen
M.W. Buie
THE SURFACES OF PLUTO AND CHARON
221
48
D.P. Cruikshank
T.L. Roush
J.M. Moore
M. Sykes
T.C. Owen
M.J. Bartholomew
R.H. Brown
K.A. Tryka
SURFACE APPEARANCE OF PLUTO AND CHARON
269
26
M.W. Buie
E.F. Young
R.P. Binzel
COMPOSITION, INTERNAL STRUCTURE, AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF PLUTO AND CHARON
295
52
W.B. McKinnon
D.P. Simonelli
G. Schubert
PART IV Atmospheres
347
212
ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION: PLUTO AND CHARON
347
44
R.V. Yelle
J.L. Elliot
CHEMICAL MODELS OF PLUTO'S ATMOSPHERE
391
44
M.E. Summers
D.F. Strobel
G.R. Gladstone
VOLATILE TRANSPORT, SEASONAL CYCLES, AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ON PLUTO
435
40
J.R. Spencer
J.A. Stansberry
L.M. Trafton
E.F. Young
R.P. Binzel
S.K. Croft
ESCAPE PROCESSES AT PLUTO AND CHARON
475
48
L.M. Trafton
D.M. Hunten
K.J. Zahnle
R.L. McNutt, Jr.
PLUTO'S INTERACTION WITH THE SOLAR WIND
523
36
F. Bagenal
T.E. Cravens
J.G. Luhmann
R.L. McNutt, JR.
A.F. Cheng
PART V Perspectives
559
106
THE POPULATION OF THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN REGION: THE PLUTO-CHARON ENVIRONMENT
559
46
P.R. Weissman
H.F. Levison
ON THE ORIGIN OF PLUTO, CHARON, AND THE PLUTO-CHARON BINARY
605
60
S.A. Stern
W.B. McKinnon
J.I. Lunine
APPENDIX: PLUBIB: A PLUTO-CHARON BIBLIOGRAPHY DATABASE
665
8
R.L. Marcialis
GLOSSARY
673
31
COLOR SECTION
following page 704
1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
705
4
INDEX
709