Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an ImpactPrinceton University Press, 9.2.2021 - 319 sivua It was a lucky twist of fate when in the early1980s David Levy, a writer and amateur astronomer, joined up with the famous scientist Eugene Shoemaker and his wife, Carolyn, to search for comets from an observation post on Palomar Mountain in Southern California. Their collaboration would lead to the 1993 discovery of the most remarkable comet ever recorded, Shoemaker-Levy 9, with its several nuclei, five tails, and two sheets of debris spread out in its orbit plane. A year later, Levy would be by the Shoemakers' side again when their comet ended its four-billion-year-long journey through the solar system and collided with Jupiter in the most stunning astronomical display of the century. Not only did this collision revolutionize our understanding of the history of the solar system, but it also offered a spectacular confirmation of one scientist's life work. As a close friend and colleague of Shoemaker (who died in 1997 at the age of 69), Levy offers a uniquely insightful account of his life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. |
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... Palomar Mountain north of San Diego , California , the telescope the couple had been using for their comet and asteroid search , might not be reliable . They were looking for a backup telescope , and they thought that with my own ...
... Palomar . For perhaps six months of the year , I'd meet them at the observatory and we'd spend a week using the telescope in an intensive search for asteroids and comets . It was during these many observing runs that I got to know Gene ...
... Palomar Mountain he searched for the asteroids and comets that might be responsible for future impacts . This effort was the culmination of his lifelong interest in the question of impacts on Earth . Through this book , I hope you will ...
... Palomar Mountain Observatory , working on his Palomar Asteroid and Comet Survey . We were taking photographs of the sky — as much of it as possible each month - in search of comets and asteroids . Gene's goal was to determine the rate ...
... Palomar Sky Survey , greeted us there and helped us measure the comet's discovery images . About two hours later we returned to the eighteen - inch . Because the night was stormy , we brought our music downstairs ; it was playing ...
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1948 | 27 |
A Revolution in Earth | 44 |
Impact | 58 |
19531960 | 69 |
19661968 | 101 |
19681969 | 113 |
19691970 | 126 |
19801995 | 184 |
19841995 | 197 |
1993 | 213 |
1994 | 225 |
19951997 | 241 |
1997 | 251 |
Epilogue | 262 |
Notes | 269 |