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Comets A Chronological History of Observation Science ~ Yeomans deftly combining that eras science with information from the recent Vega comet probes and often equally intriguing folklore the comet of 1680 was reputedly predicted by patterns on a chicken egg achieves a rare balance between rigor and humanity in a science history

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Comets A Chronological History of Observation Science ~ Donald K Yeomans is a fellow and senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is manager of NASAs NearEarth Object Program Office and supervisor of the Solar System Dynamics Group He is the author of Comets A Chronological History of Observation Science Myth and Folklore

ESA Science Technology A History of Comets Part 1 ~ They kept the most complete body of ancient observations of comets ever found dating back to the 11th century BC A Chinese book known as The Mawangdui Silk Texts an almanac transcribed on silk in the fourth century BC is the first known illustrated catalogue of comets

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Comets A Chronological History of Observation Science ~ Myth and folklore” are terms used by Yeomans to describe the beliefs that comets are portents of events generally unhappy events He is frequently critical of past thinkers who did not see the

Comets a chronological history of observation science ~ The period to about 1200 theology and superstitution 12001577 the rebirth of scientific observations The comet of 1577 Early Chinese contributions to the history of comets 3 Johannes Kepler Galileo and the comets of 1607 and 1618

Comets in ancient cultures Science Technology ~ Comets influence on cultures is not limited simply to tales of myth and legend though Comets throughout history have been blamed for some of historys darkest times In Switzerland Halleys Comet was blamed for earthquakes illnesses red rain and even the births of twoheaded animals

Deep Impact Science Comets in Ancient Cultures ~ When people living in ancient cultures looked up comets were the most remarkable objects in the night sky Comets were unlike any other object in the night sky Whereas most celestial bodies travel across the skies at regular predictable intervals so regular that constellations could be mapped and predicted