It takes the average reader 6 hours and 53 minutes to read Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta by Clifford J. Cunningham
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This book assesses the origin of asteroids by analyzing the discovery of Vesta in 1807. Wilhelm Olbers, who discovered Vesta, suggested that the asteroids were the result of a primordial planet’s explosion. Cunningham studies that idea in detail through the writings of Sir David Brewster in Scotland, the era's most prolific writer about the asteroids. He also examines the link between meteorites and asteroids, revealing a synergy between Ernst Chladni, Romantic symbolism, and the music of the spheres. Vesta was a lightning rod for controversy throughout the nineteenth century with observers...
Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta by Clifford J. Cunningham is 399 pages long, and a total of 103,341 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 126% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 24 minutes to read Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta aloud.
Investigating the Origin of the Asteroids and Early Findings on Vesta is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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