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- catalog abstract "Explains the basic astronomy and physics of comets and features a catalog of cometary apparitions up until 1700.".
- catalog contributor b3120389.
- catalog created "c1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "c1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
- catalog description "1. The origin of cometary thought. Aristotle's Meteorologica ; Seneca's Natural questions ; The Natural history of Pliny the Elder ; The Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy and the Centiloquy -- 2. Medieval views. The period to about 1200 : theology and superstitution ; 1200-1577 : the rebirth of scientific observations ; The comet of 1577 ; Early Chinese contributions to the history of comets -- 3. Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and the comets of 1607 and 1618. The ephemeral comets of Johannes Kepler ; The devil's advocate : Galileo Galilei ; Early seventeenth century views on comets -- 4. The comet of 1664 : confusion reigns. Closed orbits : the comet of 1664 as a permanent object ; Rectilinear orbits : the comet of 1664 as a transitory object -- 5. The comet of 1680 : Newton's view from the shoulders of giants. Kirch and Dörffel ; Newton and Flamsteed -- 6. The return of comet Halley. The predicted return of comet Halley ; The race for recovery ; Recovery at last -- 7. The eighteenth century : the orbit computers. Theoretical work ; The orbit computers ; Cometary thought in the eighteenth century.".
- catalog description "8. The nineteenth century : the shrinking orbit of comet Encke, the disintegration of comet Biela, and the meteor showers. Comet Encke and the resisting medium ; The short life of comet Biela ; Comets and meteor showers -- 9. The physics of comets. The introduction of photography ; Composition of the cometary atmosphere and tail ; The formation of cometary tails ; The cometary nucleus -- 10. Comet Halley. The returns of comet Haley ; The Halley spacecraft armada ; the International Halley Watch, and the International Cometary Explorer ; Halley's dust and gas atmosphere ; Comet Halley's nucleus ; Chemical clues for the origin of Comet Halley -- 11. The births and deaths of comets. Interstellar and solar system sources of comets ; The Oort cloud of comets ; Further refinements and alternatives to the Oort cloud ; A possible inner Oort cloud and a comet belt beyond Neptune ; Cometary end states.".
- catalog description "Explains the basic astronomy and physics of comets and features a catalog of cometary apparitions up until 1700.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-473) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 485 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Comets.".
- catalog identifier "0471610119".
- catalog isFormatOf "Comets.".
- catalog isPartOf "Wiley science editions".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "c1991.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Comets.".
- catalog subject "523.6 20".
- catalog subject "Comets.".
- catalog subject "QB721 .Y46 1991".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The origin of cometary thought. Aristotle's Meteorologica ; Seneca's Natural questions ; The Natural history of Pliny the Elder ; The Tetrabiblos of Ptolemy and the Centiloquy -- 2. Medieval views. The period to about 1200 : theology and superstitution ; 1200-1577 : the rebirth of scientific observations ; The comet of 1577 ; Early Chinese contributions to the history of comets -- 3. Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and the comets of 1607 and 1618. The ephemeral comets of Johannes Kepler ; The devil's advocate : Galileo Galilei ; Early seventeenth century views on comets -- 4. The comet of 1664 : confusion reigns. Closed orbits : the comet of 1664 as a permanent object ; Rectilinear orbits : the comet of 1664 as a transitory object -- 5. The comet of 1680 : Newton's view from the shoulders of giants. Kirch and Dörffel ; Newton and Flamsteed -- 6. The return of comet Halley. The predicted return of comet Halley ; The race for recovery ; Recovery at last -- 7. The eighteenth century : the orbit computers. Theoretical work ; The orbit computers ; Cometary thought in the eighteenth century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "8. The nineteenth century : the shrinking orbit of comet Encke, the disintegration of comet Biela, and the meteor showers. Comet Encke and the resisting medium ; The short life of comet Biela ; Comets and meteor showers -- 9. The physics of comets. The introduction of photography ; Composition of the cometary atmosphere and tail ; The formation of cometary tails ; The cometary nucleus -- 10. Comet Halley. The returns of comet Haley ; The Halley spacecraft armada ; the International Halley Watch, and the International Cometary Explorer ; Halley's dust and gas atmosphere ; Comet Halley's nucleus ; Chemical clues for the origin of Comet Halley -- 11. The births and deaths of comets. Interstellar and solar system sources of comets ; The Oort cloud of comets ; Further refinements and alternatives to the Oort cloud ; A possible inner Oort cloud and a comet belt beyond Neptune ; Cometary end states.".
- catalog title "Comets : a chronological history of observation, science, myth, and folklore / Donald K. Yeomans.".
- catalog type "text".