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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... available This book has been composed in Sabon and Futura Typefaces Printed on acid - free paper . oo www.pupress.princeton.edu Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 For Wendee MY COMET SHINING IN THE NIGHT WE SHARE.
... Comets and Carolyn : 1980–1995 184 Chapter 18 A Rock - Knocking Geologist : 1984–1995 197 Chapter 19 Springtime on Jupiter : 1993 213 Chapter 20 Yes , Virginia , Comets Do Hit Planets : 1994 225 Chapter 21 New Challenges : 1995–1997 241 ...
... comet finding was far in our future , the United States was preparing to send men to the Moon , and I was sitting in ... comets and asteroids had substantially affected the course of life on Earth . Twenty years later , I finally met him ...
... comet and asteroid search , might not be reliable . They were looking for a backup telescope , and they thought that with my own experience in comet hunting and observing , using telescopes here , I could help . As if to cement the idea ...
... comet . Despite the brightening dawn sky they got a good image and submitted the first accurate positions of my comet . The next month Gene and Carolyn were accompanied by their colleague Henry Holt , and again they included my comet on ...
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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 |