Bode’s Law and the Discovery of Juno

Clifford J. Cunningham did his Ph.D. work in the history of astronomy at James Cook University and the University of Southern Queensland in Australia, and he is affiliated with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand. He has written or edited 13 books on the history of astronomy, and his papers have been published in many major journals, including Annals of Science, Journal for the History of Astronomy, Culture & Cosmos, Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia, The Asian Journal of Physics and The Milton Quarterly. Asteroid (4276) was named Clifford in his honor by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

“What I like about this book is its comprehensive nature and its thoroughness. Very, very little is left out. Anyone who deemed to mention the asteroid Juno in the early decades of the 19th Century is in, referenced, illustrated, described, translated into English, and quoted in full. We get the science, the research papers, … of the observers and thinkers, and descriptions of their observatories and instruments. The book is a fount of information and a joy.” (David W. Hughes, The Observatory, Vol. 138 (1266), October, 2018)

• 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.