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Comets in the 21st century : a personal guide to experiencing the next great comet! /
The purpose of this book is to bring comets into the living rooms of general households, to familiarize politicians with these fascinating objects when they ponder funding for comet research, to teach children and young students and to provide teaching tools about these very unusual objects in our s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) :
Morgan & Claypool Publishers,
[2019]
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| Colección: | IOP (Series). Release 6.
IOP concise physics. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Roller-coaster comets
- 2.1. The paths of comets
- 2.2. Two kinds of comets
- 2.3. Celestial clockwork
- 2.4. A Universe in motion
- 2.5. The gravity of the situation
- 2.6. Looping comets
- 2.7. Orbits of your own
- 3. What comets are all about
- 3.1. Parts of a comet
- 3.2. What is a comet made of?
- 3.3. More on the comet nucleus
- 3.4. Comet scene investigation (CSI) using chemical fingerprints
- 3.5. The demise of comets
- 3.6. The origin of comets
- 3.7. A visit to a comet
- 4. Comet crashes
- 4.1. What if?
- 4.2. The comets come to Earth
- 4.3. The killer comet
- 5. Observing comets
- 5.1. Eye on a comet
- 5.2. Where to go?
- 5.3. When to look?
- 5.4. Expectations
- 6. Hunting comets
- 6.1. Who discovers comets?
- 6.2. Where is our comet?
- 6.3. How bright a light?
- 6.4. Eureka! I've found a comet!
- 6.5. Starting your comet quest
- 6.6. Epilogue
- 7. Postscript
- Appendices. A. Lesson suggestions for teachers
- B. Approximate dates for some famous meteor showers
- C. Typical comet visibility rates
- D. The brightest comets since 1935
- E. Notable comets in history
- F. Books on historical comets
- G. Intermediate and advanced books on comets.