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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... Discovery : 1993 3 Chapter 2 Of Family and Ex : 1925–1948 14 Chapter 3 Over the Sea , Over the Sea : 1948 27 Chapter 4 30 Springtime , Carolyn , and the Colorado Plateau : 1948-1952 Chapter 5 A Revolution in Earth 44 Chapter 6 Impact ...
... discovered that ancient comet , now called Comet Levy 1988e . On hearing of my find , Gene and Carolyn decided to add it to their observing program at Palomar . On that night they finished their regular program after dawn had begun ...
... discovered a new comet , ShoemakerHolt 1988g . After enough positions of the new comet allowed a calculation of the interloper's orbit , Conrad Bardwell of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams , noticed an extraordinary ...
... discovered independently . The two comets were one some twelve thousand years ago , then split apart . ' It was also a singular message from space that Gene , Carolyn , and I belonged together . We observed together for the first time a ...
... discovered a new asteroid ( to be called 1989 VA ) moving rapidly through the Pleiades cluster . Then Gene opened the door from the darkroom downstairs and walked up the flight of steps with a film holder all prepared for the next ...
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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 |