Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites (eBook)

O. Richard Norton, Lawrence Chitwood (Autoren)

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2008 | 2008
XV, 287 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-84800-157-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Inhalt

Preface A Personal Note 7
Acknowledgements 9
Contents 11
Introduction 16
Part I Ancient Fragments of the Solar System 19
Interplanetary Dust and Meteors 20
Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids 38
Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival 58
Part II The Family of Meteorites 88
The Chondrites 90
Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites 128
Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites 150
Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons 164
Differentiated Meteorites: Stony- Irons 182
A Gallery of Meteorwrongs 190
Part III Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites 196
In the Field 198
From Hand Lens to Microscope 216
Minerals in Meteorites 254
Petrographic Types 262
Useful Tests 264
Etching Iron Meteorites 270
Unit Conversions 274
Composition Percentages 276
Equipment, Storage, and Display 278
Glossary 282
Meteorite Index 296
General Index 300

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2008
• Reihe/Serie: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 287 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Astronomical observation • Astronomy • Chondrites guide • Field guide meteors • Handbook • iron meteorites • meteorite families explained • meteorites book • Observing Techniques • Planet • rocks from other planets • rocks from space • Solar • Solar System • using petr
• ISBN-10: 1-84800-157-6 / 1848001576
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84800-157-2 / 9781848001572