The Quest for Comets - An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger

David Levy--one of the world's foremost amateur astronomers--co-discovered the periodic comet Shoemaker-Levy 9... He describes in dramatic detail the thrilling yet often devastating effects of comet collisions.

About the author

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'.

Product details

• Authors: D. H. Levy, David Levy, David H Levy, David H. Levy
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780306446511
• ISBN: 978-0-306-44651-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Illustrations: XIX, 280 p. 20 illus.
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy