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@Book{Cunningham:2016:DFA,
  author =       "Clifford J. Cunningham",
  title =        "Discovery of the first asteroid, {Ceres}: historical
                 studies in asteroid research",
  publisher =    pub-SV,
  address =      pub-SV:adr,
  year =         "2016",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21777-2",
  ISBN =         "3-319-21777-1 (e-book), 3-319-21776-3",
  ISBN-13 =      "978-3-319-21777-2 (e-book), 978-3-319-21776-5",
  LCCN =         "QB378.C4",
  bibdate =      "Fri Aug 25 16:57:53 MDT 2017",
  bibsource =    "fsz3950.oclc.org:210/WorldCat;
                 https://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/jhistastron.bib",
  URL =          "http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-21777-2",
  abstract =     "Based on extensive primary sources, many never
                 previously translated into English, this is the
                 definitive account of the origins of Ceres as it went
                 from being classified as a new planet to
                 reclassification as the first of a previously unknown
                 group of celestial objects. Cunningham opens this
                 critical moment of astronomical discovery to full
                 modern analysis for the first time. This book includes
                 all the voluminous correspondence, translated into
                 English, between the astronomers of Europe about the
                 startling discovery of Ceres by Piazzi in 1801. It
                 covers the period up to March 1802, at which time
                 Pallas was discovered. Also included are Piazzi's two
                 monographs about Ceres, and the sections of two books
                 dealing with Ceres, one by Johann Bode, the other by
                 Johann Schroeter. The origin of the word 'asteroid' is
                 explained, along with several chapters on the
                 antecedents of the story going back to ancient Greek
                 times. The formulation of Bode's Law is given, as are
                 the details on the efforts of Baron von Zach to
                 organize a search for the supposed missing planet
                 between Mars and Jupiter. Examples of verse created to
                 commemorate the great discovery are included in this
                 first volume. The author, who has a PhD in the History
                 of Astronomy, is a dedicated scholar of the story of
                 asteroids and his research on the discovery of Ceres is
                 comprehensive and fully sourced. The discovery came at
                 a time when rival astronomers were in hot competition
                 with each other, and when the true nature of these
                 celestial bodies was not yet known. With astronomers in
                 France, Italy and beyond vying to understand and
                 receive credit for the new class of astral bodies,
                 drama was not in short supply --- nor were scientific
                 advances.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  author-dates = "1955--",
  subject =      "Asteroids; Astronomy; History; Astronomers; SCIENCE /
                 Astronomy; Asteroids.; Astronomers.; Astronomy.; Ceres
                 (Dwarf planet); Solar system",
  tableofcontents = "The Unseen Planet \\
                 The Discovery of Ceres \\
                 The Recovery of Ceres \\
                 The Great Nomenclature Controversy of 1801 \\
                 The Physical Properties of Ceres \\
                 How Did The Public Learn About Ceres? \\
                 Piazzi's Monographs \\
                 Bode's Book of 1802 \\
                 Schroeter's Book of 1805 \\
                 British Correspondence About Ceres \\
                 Letters between Piazzi and Oriani \\
                 Letters Between Olbers and Bode \\
                 Zach's Ceres Correspondence \\
                 Other Ceres Correspondence \\
                 Appendix 1: A Description of the Ramsden Circle \\
                 Appendix 2: The Events of 1801 \\
                 Appendix 3: The Historical Development of the Orbital
                 Elements of Ceres \\
                 Appendix 4: Star Atlases",
}

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