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Download or read book Comets written by Donald K. Yeomans and published by . This book was released on 1991-02-08 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diminutive size of cometary bodies is in no way proportional to their scientific importance. Theorists suggest that comets played a major role in the development of the Earth and subsequent collosions of comets may have wiped out various life forms, allowing only the most adaptable to develop further. In short, the study of comets is important from a historical perspective, scientifically compelling and, at the same time, entertaining. In this authoritative book, the development of cometary ideas is traced from antiquity through the actual fly-by of Halley by international spacecraft in 1986. The focus is on the cometary theories that were evident in each era. Included are many colorful anecdotes and information about culture and important personalities throughout history. Also contains an exhaustive catalog of all comet apparitions through the year 1700.
Book Synopsis Observations of Comets by : John Williams
Download or read book Observations of Comets written by John Williams and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-19 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Book Synopsis Observations of Comets by : John Williams
Download or read book Observations of Comets written by John Williams and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Observations of the Comets of 1880, 1881 and 1882 by : Ormond Stone
Download or read book Observations of the Comets of 1880, 1881 and 1882 written by Ormond Stone and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Comets and How to Observe Them by : Richard Schmude, Jr.
Download or read book Comets and How to Observe Them written by Richard Schmude, Jr. and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comets have inspired wonder, excitement and even fear ever since they were first observed. But they are important members of the solar system, that contain material from early in the life of the system, held in deep-freeze. This makes them key in our understanding of the formation and evolution of many Solar System bodies. Recent ground- and space-based observations have changed much in our understanding of comets. Comets, and How to Observe Them gives a summary of our current knowledge and describes how amateur astronomers can contribute to the body of scientific knowledge of comets. This book contains many practical examples of how to construct comet light-curves, measure how fast a comet’s coma expands, and determine the rotation period of the nucleus. All these examples are illustrated with drawings and photographs. Because of their unpredictable nature comets are always interesting and sometime spectacular objects to observe and image. The second part of the book therefore takes the reader through the key observing techniques that can be used with commercially available modern observing equipment, from basic observations to more scientific measurements.
Book Synopsis Observations on the origin and nature of comets, their influence and use, and on the variations of the magnetic needle by : H. Shaw
Download or read book Observations on the origin and nature of comets, their influence and use, and on the variations of the magnetic needle written by H. Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Infrared Observations of Comets Halley and Wilson and Properties of the Grains by : M. S. Hanner
Download or read book Infrared Observations of Comets Halley and Wilson and Properties of the Grains written by M. S. Hanner and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Introduction to Comets by : Nicolas Thomas
Download or read book An Introduction to Comets written by Nicolas Thomas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading expert on comets, this textbook is divided into seven main elements with a view to allowing advanced students to appreciate the interconnections between the different elements. The author opens with a brief introductory segment on the motivation for studying comets and the overall scope of the book. The first chapter describes fundamental aspects most usually addressed by ground-based observation. The author then looks at the basic physical phenomena in four separate chapters addressing the nucleus, the emitted gas, the emitted dust, and the solar wind interaction. Each chapter introduces the basic physics and chemistry but then new specific measurements by Rosetta instruments at comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko are brought in. A concerted effort has been made to distinguish between established fact and conjecture. Deviations and inconsistencies are brought out and their significance explained. Links to previous observations of comets Tempel 1, Wild 2, Hartley 2, Halley and others are made. The author then closes with three smaller chapters on related objects, the loss of comets, and prospects for future exploration. This textbook includes over 275 graphics and figures – most of which are original. Thorough explanations and derivations are included throughout the chapters. The text is therefore designed to support MSc. students and new PhD students in the field wanting to gain a solid overview of the state-of-the-art.
Download or read book Observing Comets written by Nick James and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since comet Shoemaker-Levy collided with the planet Jupiter with stupendous force in 1994 there has been an upsurge of amateur interest in comets. Most comets are first discovered by amateur astronomers because there are so many amateurs looking for them, and techniques and instruments have improved dramatically in the past few years. After a short but detailed introduction to the comets themselves Nick James and Gerald North describe comet hunting, photographing and imaging comets, and digital image processing. The use of computers for orbital calculations and even helping to discover new comets is given a full chapter, as are advanced techniques including comet photometry and spectroscopy. This comprehensive book has an accompanying CD-ROM and is at once a "primer" for comet hunters and a reference text for more advanced amateur astronomers.
Book Synopsis Observations of Comets, from B C 611 to a by : John Williams
Download or read book Observations of Comets, from B C 611 to a written by John Williams and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Book Synopsis Observations of Comets, from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640 by : John Williams
Download or read book Observations of Comets, from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640 written by John Williams and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Daytime Observations of the 1965 F Comet at the Sacramento Peak Observatory by : G. William Curtis
Download or read book Daytime Observations of the 1965 F Comet at the Sacramento Peak Observatory written by G. William Curtis and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1 by : Gary W. Kronk
Download or read book Catalog of Unconfirmed Comets - Volume 1 written by Gary W. Kronk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalog is the first in-depth investigation of comets that were reported since the 17th century, but not confirmed and subsequently lost. Volume I of this two-volume work covers objects observed between 1600 and 1899, a period that was dominated by visual observations and was experiencing a rapid evolution in science. The book uniquely combines the history and culture of comet hunting and discovery with modern tools of orbital mechanics to present a wholesome catalog of unconfirmed and suspected comets. Each case includes a presentation of the observations, a discussion about the observer (when possible), consideration of the historic context, and a conclusion as to the nature of the object. In most cases, the book presents material from original sources, including some never before published that were acquired from observatories, libraries, and historical societies around the world. Although some of these unconfirmed comets turned out to be misidentifications of planets or star clusters, fabrications, or poor observations of comets that were already being observed, the Authors did identify many objects that were likely real comets. In some cases, the Authors were even able to derive orbits for the first time. These observations may be valuable in the future, as they could prove to be observations of periodic comets still to be discovered.
Book Synopsis Observations of the Comets of 1883 by : Herbert C. Wilson
Download or read book Observations of the Comets of 1883 written by Herbert C. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Comets and How to Observe Them by : Richard Schmude, Jr.
Download or read book Comets and How to Observe Them written by Richard Schmude, Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comets have inspired wonder, excitement and even fear ever since they were first observed. But they are important members of the solar system, that contain material from early in the life of the system, held in deep-freeze. This makes them key in our understanding of the formation and evolution of many Solar System bodies. Recent ground- and space-based observations have changed much in our understanding of comets. Comets, and How to Observe Them gives a summary of our current knowledge and describes how amateur astronomers can contribute to the body of scientific knowledge of comets. This book contains many practical examples of how to construct comet light-curves, measure how fast a comet’s coma expands, and determine the rotation period of the nucleus. All these examples are illustrated with drawings and photographs. Because of their unpredictable nature comets are always interesting and sometime spectacular objects to observe and image. The second part of the book therefore takes the reader through the key observing techniques that can be used with commercially available modern observing equipment, from basic observations to more scientific measurements.
Book Synopsis Exploration of Halley’s Comet by : Michael Grewing
Download or read book Exploration of Halley’s Comet written by Michael Grewing and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. It provided a worldwide science community with a wealth of exciting new discoveries, the most remarkable of which was undoubtedly the first image of a cometary nucleus. Halley's Comet is the brightest periodic comet, and the most famous of the 750 known comets. With its 76-year period, its recent appearance was truly a "once-in-a-lifetime" observational opportunity. The 1985/86 apparition was the thirtieth consecutive recorded apparition. Five apparitions ago, the English astronomer Edmond Halley discovered the periodicity of "his" comet and correctly predicted its return in 1758, a triumph for science best appreciated in the context of contemporary views, or rather fears, about comets at that time. The increasingly rapid progress in technological development is very much apparent when one compares the dominant tools for cometary research during Halley's next three apparitions: in 1835 studies were made based on drawings ofthe comet; in 1910 photographic plates were used; while in March 1986 an armada of six spacecraft from four space agencies approached the comet and carried out in situ measurements, 1 AU from the Earth. In 1910, nobody could have dreamed that this was possible, and today it is equally difficult to anticipate what scientists will be able to achieve in 2061.
Book Synopsis Observations of Comets from BC 611 to AD 1640 by : John Williams
Download or read book Observations of Comets from BC 611 to AD 1640 written by John Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1871 publication provides a valuable chronological record in English of Chinese comet observations over the course of two millennia.
