Blazing a Ghostly Trail ISON and Great Comets of the Past and Future /

A special celestial event climaxes towards the end of 2013, the arrival, fresh from the Oort Cloud, of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). By all predictions, this comet was set to be one of the most dazzling comets seen in modern history.   Sky watchers will have already been primed for C/2012 (ISON) earlier i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grego, Peter (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series,
Temas:
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Setting the scene for C/2012 S1 (ISON) and incoming comets
  • What is a comet and where do they come from? (Primordial leftovers, Oort Cloud, etc)
  • Portents of change and doom (historical perspectives on comets, myths and superstitions, end of world predictions, hyperbole)
  • Great comets (including Halley's Comet, Ikeya-Seki, IRAS-Araki-Alcock, Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp, McNaught, etc)
  • Comets up close observations by space probes (VeGa, Giotto, ICE, Deep Impact, etc)
  • C/2012 S1 and selected bright comets of the future (discovery, magnitude predictions, paths through Solar System).

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