https://bib.cozmix.cloud/files/original/60081f4937d19f6f0ec2c9b2a969bdd4.jpg dd37b3aa41ab10b0b8f1240bb56839a9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kometen en meteoren Boek Een boek. ISBN International Standard Book Number 874749689 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KMM0130 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Whipple Title A name given to the resource Mystery Comets (Smithsonian library of the solar system) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Prentice Hall & IBD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 15 June, 1989 Description An account of the resource <div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> In this book, one of the world's foremost authorities on comets takes us on a voyage of discovery from the earliest speculations on the meaning of comets to his own pioneering research into both the nature of comets and the mysteries of our solar system. Professor Whipple begins by examining the earliest observations and notions of comets from the first recorded observation by the Chinese in 2315 B.C. to the cosmogonies and mythologies of the Babylonians and the Mayans. He then carries us step by step from the exciting time when Sir Isaac Newton formulated the law of gravity and Edmund Halley made the first correct prediction of a comet's return, up to a heady glimpse of extraterrestrial exploits still to come - the space missions to Halley's comet and the first landing on a comet, tentatively planned for 1995. In so doing, he addresses basic but long elusive questions about comets: Where do they come from? Do they die? Why do some comets seemingly defy gravity? What is the landscape of a comet like? Why does the head of a comet change when it draws near the sun? <em>--</em></div> Language A language of the resource nothing Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hardcover