Dedication
Contents
Collaborating Authors
Preface
The Discovery of the Ninth Planet, Pluto, in 1930 - C. W. Tombaugh
The Discovery of Pluto's Moon, Charon, in 1978 - J. W. Christy
Part I. Historical Perspective
The Prediction and Discoveries of Pluto and Charon - G. Reaves
The First 50 Years of Pluto-Charon Research - R. L. Marcialis
Mutual Events and Stellar Occultations - R. P. Binzel and W. B. Hubbard
Spacecraft Missions to Pluto and Charon - R. J. Terrile, S. A. Stern, R. L. Staehle, S. C. Brewster, J. B. Carraway. P. K. Henry, H. Price and S. S. Weinstein
Part II. Dynamics
Pluto's Heliocentric Orbit - R. Malhotra and J. G. Williams
Dynamics of the Pluto-Charon Binary - A. R. Dobrovolskis, S. J. Peale and A. W. Harris
Part III. Bulk Properties, Surfaces and Interiors
Bulk Properties of Pluto and Charon - D. J. Tholen and M. W. Buie
The Surfaces of Pluto and Charon - D. P. Cruikshank, T. L. Roush, J. M. Moore, M. Sykes, T. C. Owen, M. J. Bartholomew, R. H. Brown and K. A. Tryka
Surface Appearance of Pluto and Charon - M. W. Buie, E. F. Young and R. P. Binzel
Composition, Internal Structure, and Thermal Evolution of Pluto and Charon - W. B. McKinnon, D. P. Simonelli and G. Schubert
Part IV. Atmospheres
Atmospheric Structure and Composition: Pluto and Charon - R. V. Yelle and J. L. Elliot
Chemical Models of Pluto's Atmosphere - M. E. Summers, D. F. Strobel and G. R. Gladstone
Volatile Transport, Seasonal Cycles, and Atmospheric Dynamics on Pluto - J. R. Spencer, J. A. Stansberry, L. M. Trafton, E. F. Young, R. P. Binzel and S. K. Croft
Escape Processes at Pluto and Charon - L. M. Trafton, D. M. Hunten, K. J. Zahnle and R. L. McNutt, Jr.
Pluto's Interaction with the Solar Wind - F. Bagenal, T. E. Cravens, J. G. Luhmann, R. L. McNutt, Jr., and A. F. Cheng
Part V. Perspectives
The Population of the Trans-Neptunian Region: The Pluto-Charon Environment - P. R. Weissman and H. F. Levison
On the Origin of Pluto, Charon, and the Pluto-Charon Binary - S. A. Stern, W. B. McKinnon and J. I. Lunine
Appendix: Plubib: A Pluto-Charon Bibliography Database - R. L. Marcialis
Glossary
Color Section
Acknowledgments
Index