Comets in the 21st Century:A Personal Guide to Experiencing the Next Great Comet
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Categories:Astronomy & Space Science
- Language:English(Translation Services Available)
- Publication date:April,2019
- Pages:139
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- Size:190mm×234mm
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Description
Comets are cosmic Rosetta stones, bridging our current knowledge by digging back to the earliest days of our Solar Systems. How did life arise on Earth? Did comets play a significant role in bringing water and the necessary organic matter to our early Earth? How about the dinosaurs? Were they driven to extinction by a cometary impact 66 million years ago? Comets may be both the enablers and destroyers of life on Earth as we know it. These are some of the tantalizing questions discussed here.
If you so desire, steps are given to join the ranks of amateur comet hunters. Astronomy is one of the last sciences where amateurs play a significant role. Your reward for discovery? A comet officially bearing your name in the history books! The next Great Comet is on its way, we just do not know when it will arrive. Armed with this book, you will be ready to enjoy this unforgettable event.
Author
Daniel C. Boice is the principal astronomer at Scientific Studies & Consulting in San Antonio, TX. His professional activities include over 75 peer-reviewed research papers and several hundred conference reports. In 2000, he became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Thomas Hockey, University of Northern Iowa
Thomas Hockey is a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Northern Iowa. He has written seven previous books including Galileo's Planet and How We See the Sky. Hockey was Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning Biographical Encyclopaedia of Astronomers.
Contents
Roller-coaster comets
What comets are all about
Comet crashes
Observing comets
Hunting comets
Postscript
Back matter