Comet of the Century: From Halley to Hale-Bopp

ISBN-13: 9781461273370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 386 str.

Fred Schaaf; G. Ottewell

Opis

"His keen astronomical interest bubbles from every page...The book we will still be consulting a decade from now is Schaafs."SKY & TELESCOPE
"The book of the century on comets."NORTHERN LIGHTS
"The book that will still be useful long after Hale-Bopp has dimmed from view is Schaafs Comet of the Century." SPACE VIEWS
"So well written that it will appeal even to the reader who does not know the difference between an asteroid and an adenoid."PATRICK MOORE

Spis treści

Comets in Person.- 1 A Comet Passes.- Comets in General.- 2 Anatomy of a Ghost.- 3 Dirty Snowballs and the Nurseries of Leviathans.- 4 The Spectacular Deaths of Comets.- 5 Swords of Damocles.- 6 Observing and Discovering Comets.- Halley and the Short-Period Comets.- 7 Halley and Its Periodic Kin.- 8 Through the Ages with Halley’s Comet.- Comets Wild.- 9 What Makes a Comet Great?.- 10 The Comets Before 1700.- 11 The Comets from 1700 to 1995.- The Latest Greats.- 12 The Grand Approach of Comet Hale-Bopp.- 13 Hyakutake Lightning.- 14 A Narrative Calendar for Observing Hale-Bopp.- 15 Comet of the Century.- Appendix A: Periodic Comet Numbers.- Appendix B: Great Comets in History.- Appendix C: Closest Comets in History.- Appendix D: Celestial Coordinates.- Appendix E: Orbital Elements.- Appendix F: Comet Brightness Formula and Estimating Brightness.- Appendix G: How to Report a Comet Discovery.- Appendix H: Ephemeris for Comet Hale-Bopp.- Sources of Information.- Credits.- General Index.- Comet Index.