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Unique handbook for amateur and professional astronomers explains the causes of meteor showers on Earth.
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Unique handbook for amateur and professional astronomers explains the causes of meteor showers on Earth.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 804
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 43mm
- Gewicht: 1360g
- ISBN-13: 9780521076357
- ISBN-10: 0521076358
- Artikelnr.: 24423706
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 804
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 43mm
- Gewicht: 1360g
- ISBN-13: 9780521076357
- ISBN-10: 0521076358
- Artikelnr.: 24423706
Dr Peter Jenniskens is a professional astronomer and research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute.
Part I. Introduction: 1. How meteor showers were linked to comets
2. What is at the core of comets?
3. The formation of meteoroid streams
4. Meteors from meteoroid impacts in Earth
5. Comet and meteoroid orbits in space and time
Part II. Parent Bodies: 6. Long period comets
7. Halley-type comets
8. Jupiter-family comets
9. Fading comets of the inner solar system
10. Asteroids
Part III. Young Streams from Whipple-type Ejection: 11. What planets do to dust trails
12. Meteor storm chasing
13. Meteor outbursts from long-period comets
14. Trapped: the Leonid Filament
15. The Leonid storms
16. The Ursids
17. The Perseids
18. Other Halley-type comets
19. Dust trails of Jupiter-family comets
Part IV. Young Streams from Comet Fragmentation: 20. Broken comets
21. Quadrantids
22. Geminids
23. The sunskirting streams: Arietids and delta-Aquariids
24. Alpha-Capricornids and kappa-Cygnids
25. The Taurid complex
Part V. Old Streams and Sporadic Meteoroids: 26. Annual showers
27. Dispersion from gradually evolving parent body orbits
28. The ecliptic streams
29. Toroidal streams
30. Meteor showers from asteroids
31. Sporadic meteors and the zodiacal cloud
Part VI. Impact and Relevance of Meteor Showers: 32. Impact!
33. Meteor showers on other planets
34. Meteors and the origin of life
Appendices.
2. What is at the core of comets?
3. The formation of meteoroid streams
4. Meteors from meteoroid impacts in Earth
5. Comet and meteoroid orbits in space and time
Part II. Parent Bodies: 6. Long period comets
7. Halley-type comets
8. Jupiter-family comets
9. Fading comets of the inner solar system
10. Asteroids
Part III. Young Streams from Whipple-type Ejection: 11. What planets do to dust trails
12. Meteor storm chasing
13. Meteor outbursts from long-period comets
14. Trapped: the Leonid Filament
15. The Leonid storms
16. The Ursids
17. The Perseids
18. Other Halley-type comets
19. Dust trails of Jupiter-family comets
Part IV. Young Streams from Comet Fragmentation: 20. Broken comets
21. Quadrantids
22. Geminids
23. The sunskirting streams: Arietids and delta-Aquariids
24. Alpha-Capricornids and kappa-Cygnids
25. The Taurid complex
Part V. Old Streams and Sporadic Meteoroids: 26. Annual showers
27. Dispersion from gradually evolving parent body orbits
28. The ecliptic streams
29. Toroidal streams
30. Meteor showers from asteroids
31. Sporadic meteors and the zodiacal cloud
Part VI. Impact and Relevance of Meteor Showers: 32. Impact!
33. Meteor showers on other planets
34. Meteors and the origin of life
Appendices.
Part I. Introduction: 1. How meteor showers were linked to comets
2. What is at the core of comets?
3. The formation of meteoroid streams
4. Meteors from meteoroid impacts in Earth
5. Comet and meteoroid orbits in space and time
Part II. Parent Bodies: 6. Long period comets
7. Halley-type comets
8. Jupiter-family comets
9. Fading comets of the inner solar system
10. Asteroids
Part III. Young Streams from Whipple-type Ejection: 11. What planets do to dust trails
12. Meteor storm chasing
13. Meteor outbursts from long-period comets
14. Trapped: the Leonid Filament
15. The Leonid storms
16. The Ursids
17. The Perseids
18. Other Halley-type comets
19. Dust trails of Jupiter-family comets
Part IV. Young Streams from Comet Fragmentation: 20. Broken comets
21. Quadrantids
22. Geminids
23. The sunskirting streams: Arietids and delta-Aquariids
24. Alpha-Capricornids and kappa-Cygnids
25. The Taurid complex
Part V. Old Streams and Sporadic Meteoroids: 26. Annual showers
27. Dispersion from gradually evolving parent body orbits
28. The ecliptic streams
29. Toroidal streams
30. Meteor showers from asteroids
31. Sporadic meteors and the zodiacal cloud
Part VI. Impact and Relevance of Meteor Showers: 32. Impact!
33. Meteor showers on other planets
34. Meteors and the origin of life
Appendices.
2. What is at the core of comets?
3. The formation of meteoroid streams
4. Meteors from meteoroid impacts in Earth
5. Comet and meteoroid orbits in space and time
Part II. Parent Bodies: 6. Long period comets
7. Halley-type comets
8. Jupiter-family comets
9. Fading comets of the inner solar system
10. Asteroids
Part III. Young Streams from Whipple-type Ejection: 11. What planets do to dust trails
12. Meteor storm chasing
13. Meteor outbursts from long-period comets
14. Trapped: the Leonid Filament
15. The Leonid storms
16. The Ursids
17. The Perseids
18. Other Halley-type comets
19. Dust trails of Jupiter-family comets
Part IV. Young Streams from Comet Fragmentation: 20. Broken comets
21. Quadrantids
22. Geminids
23. The sunskirting streams: Arietids and delta-Aquariids
24. Alpha-Capricornids and kappa-Cygnids
25. The Taurid complex
Part V. Old Streams and Sporadic Meteoroids: 26. Annual showers
27. Dispersion from gradually evolving parent body orbits
28. The ecliptic streams
29. Toroidal streams
30. Meteor showers from asteroids
31. Sporadic meteors and the zodiacal cloud
Part VI. Impact and Relevance of Meteor Showers: 32. Impact!
33. Meteor showers on other planets
34. Meteors and the origin of life
Appendices.