David H. Levy

Broschiertes Buch

Impact Jupiter

The Crash of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

Beschreibung

Comet shoemaker crashed into Jupiter, changing forever our understanding of comets and cosmic cataclysms. Never in recorded history has a comet created such a catastrophic event as smashing into a planet. Discover what the very latest results of this celestial spectacle have taught scientists and the world.

Autor

David H. Levy is President of the National Sharing the Sky Foundation, and is one of the most successful comet discoverers in history. He has discovered 22 comets (8 of them using his own backyard telescopes) and was co-discoverer of Shoemaker-Levy 9, the comet that collided with Jupiter in 1994 producing the most spectacular explosions ever witnessed in the Solar System. Asteroid 3673 (Levy) was named in his honor. He has written several books, is a contributing editor and monthly columnist for Astronomy, and was the former Science Editor for Parade magazine. In 1998 he won an Emmy as part of the writing team for the Discovery Channel documentary 'Three Minutes to Impact'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-306-45088-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780306450884
• ISBN-10: 0306450887
• Artikelnr.: 21572174