Bode's Law and the Discovery of Juno: Historical Studies in Asteroid Research (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface.- Hegel, Bode's Law and the Missing Planet.- The Discovery of Juno.- Juno: A Driving Force for Change.- The Music of Spheres.- The Big Four Asteroids in Verse.- Letters: Bessel with Gauss and Olbers.- The Gauss-Olbers Letters.- The Harding-Gauss Letters.- Letters: Gauss with Bode and Zach.- The Oriani-Piazzi Letters.- Schroeter's Asteroid Book.- Scientific Papers on Juno.- The Astronomical Instruments.- The Observatories.- Appendix 1: The 1802 Hungarian Letter of Antal Decsy.- Appendix 2: The Historical Development of the Orbital Elements of Juno.- References.- Index.