Supplementary Data Files for “Moons Are Planets: Scientific Usefulness Versus Cultural Teleology in the Taxonomy of Planetary Science.”
Three supplemental data files for the manuscript, “Moons Are Planets: Scientific Usefulness Versus Cultural Teleology in the Taxonomy of Planetary Science,” to appear in Icarus.
1. Examples Showing the Conceptualization of Planets by Scientists, 1600 to 1920. (125 pages)
2. Examples of Modern Scientific Use Demonstrating What a Planet Is. (68 pages)
3. Source Material for Folk Heliocentric and Geocentric Taxonomical Concepts That Were Contrary to the Galilean/Keplerian Taxonomy. (302 pages)
Phil Metzger is a physicist/planetary scientist who works on technologies for mining the Moon, Mars, and asteroids; for developing extraterrestrial spaceports; and starting for robotic industry in space. He has 30 years experience with NASA where he co-founded the KSC Swamp Works. He is now with the planetary science faculty at the University of Central Florida. Subscribe to the email list to get notified of updates to this blog!