The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter.

"The Asteroids; Or Minor Planets Between Mars and Jupiter" by Daniel Kirkwood is a scientific book from the late 1800s that explains what was known about asteroids at the time. It talks about how asteroids were being found more and more quickly and shares facts and figures about asteroids like Ceres and Pallas. The book aims to give readers information that they couldn't easily find elsewhere, focusing on the paths these space rocks take around the sun and their connection to Jupiter. The writing also introduces an evaluation into where these objects came from and why their orbits behave in interesting ways.