THE PLUTO SYSTEM AFTER NEW HORIZONS
EDITED BY S . ALAN STERN , JEFFREY M . MOORE , WILLIAM M . GRUNDY , LESLIE A . YOUNG , AND RICHARD P . BINZEL
The Pluto System After New Horizons is the benchmark for synthesizing our understanding of the Pluto system . The volume ’ s lead editor is S . Alan Stern , who also serves as NASA ’ s New Horizons Principal Investigator ; co-editors Richard P . Binzel , William M . Grundy , Jeffrey M . Moore , and Leslie A . Young are all co-investigators on New Horizons . Leading researchers from around the globe have spent the last five years assimilating Pluto system flyby data returned from New Horizons . The volume also advances insights into the nature of dwarf planets and Kuiper Belt objects , providing a cornerstone for planning new missions that may return to the Pluto system and explore others of the myriad important worlds beyond Neptune .
Scientific synthesis from the first spacecraft exploration of this fascinating planetary world and its system of satellites
Available Now 688 pp ., 8.5 x 11 , 201 b & w illustrations , 66 color illustrations Printed Case 978-0-8165-4094-5 / $ 65.00
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