Impact Jupiter The Crash Of Comet Shoemaker-levy 9

by Levy, David H

• ISBN13: 9780738208800
• ISBN10: 0738208809
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-27
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

"The definitive memoir of the unfolding of the S-L 9 episode."--"Publishers Weekly"

Author Biography

David H. Levy has discovered twenty-one comets, eight of them using his own backyard telescope. He is the Science Editor for Parade magazine and author of several books including Comets: Creators and Destroyers. He also writes the monthly "Star Trails" column in Sky and Telescope. In 1997 he won an Emmy for his writing on the Discovery Channel's documentary Three Minutes to Impact. He lives in Arizona.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Of Comets, Planets, and People	p. 1
A New Comet	p. 11
A Scorpoion's Embrace	p. 37
About Comets	p. 53
The Planet King	p. 69
Preparations Begin	p. 79
Shoemaker-Levy 9 Beturns	p. 95
Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune	p. 111
A Disabled Ship	p. 121
Armageddon at Jupiter	p. 141
Fragments Vaulting like Rebounding Hail	p. 161
Crashes, Congress, Clouds, and Clothes	p. 189
Second Star to the Right, and Straight on Till Morning	p. 205
The Storm Passes	p. 229
The Day I Heard the Moon Roar	p. 251
References	p. 275
Index	p. 285
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