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Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
Taschenbuch von Lawrence Chitwood (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of meteors and meteorites.

Although meteors are isolated and unpredictable, it is possible to predict when meteor showers - usually associated with old comets - are due; they last a couple of days, during which many meteors can be observed in a single night. Equipment for watching, counting and even measuring meteors can range from the simplest (a chair) to sophisticated all-sky cameras.

What is unique about meteors in astronomical observation is that many survive entry into the Earth's atmosphere and impact the ground - the only easily-analysed extraterrestrial material available to science.

What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.
It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of meteors and meteorites.

Although meteors are isolated and unpredictable, it is possible to predict when meteor showers - usually associated with old comets - are due; they last a couple of days, during which many meteors can be observed in a single night. Equipment for watching, counting and even measuring meteors can range from the simplest (a chair) to sophisticated all-sky cameras.

What is unique about meteors in astronomical observation is that many survive entry into the Earth's atmosphere and impact the ground - the only easily-analysed extraterrestrial material available to science.

What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.
Zusammenfassung

It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of meteors and meteorites. What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. The book provides everything the amateur astronomer (or geologist!) needs to know about meteors and meteorites. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Ancient Fragments of the Solar System.- Interplanetary Dust and Meteors.- Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids.- Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival.- The Family of Meteorites.- The Chondrites.- Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites.- Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites.- Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons.- Differentiated Meteorites: Stony-Irons.- A Gallery of Meteorwrongs.- Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites.- In the Field.- From Hand Lens to Microscope.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Inhalt: xv
287 S.
ISBN-13: 9781848001565
ISBN-10: 1848001568
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 11377672
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chitwood, Lawrence
Norton, O. Richard
Hersteller: Springer London
Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Maße: 254 x 178 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Lawrence Chitwood (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.04.2008
Gewicht: 0,576 kg
Artikel-ID: 101899769
Zusammenfassung

It is said that astronomy is one of the few remaining fields in which amateurs can make a real contribution to science, and nowhere is this more true than in the field of meteors and meteorites. What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. The book provides everything the amateur astronomer (or geologist!) needs to know about meteors and meteorites. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Ancient Fragments of the Solar System.- Interplanetary Dust and Meteors.- Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids.- Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival.- The Family of Meteorites.- The Chondrites.- Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites.- Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites.- Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons.- Differentiated Meteorites: Stony-Irons.- A Gallery of Meteorwrongs.- Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites.- In the Field.- From Hand Lens to Microscope.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Inhalt: xv
287 S.
ISBN-13: 9781848001565
ISBN-10: 1848001568
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 11377672
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Chitwood, Lawrence
Norton, O. Richard
Hersteller: Springer London
Springer-Verlag London Ltd.
The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
Maße: 254 x 178 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Lawrence Chitwood (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.04.2008
Gewicht: 0,576 kg
Artikel-ID: 101899769
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