Project Gutenberg 2012-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 152 Kirkwood, Daniel 1814 1895 06014048 Comets and Meteors Their phenomena in all ages; their mutual relations; and the theory of their origin. Produced by sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Comets and Meteors" by Daniel Kirkwood is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the phenomena of comets and meteors, exploring their historical observations, mutual relationships, and the theories surrounding their origins. Kirkwood aims to engage the public interest in these celestial events and discusses various topics, including cometary orbits and the disintegration of comets into meteor streams. The opening of the treatise sets the stage by tracing the origins of meteoric astronomy, highlighting the impactful meteor showers of 1833 that sparked scientific inquiry into previous occurrences. Kirkwood introduces the structure of the solar system and the characteristics of comets, emphasizing their unique orbits and behaviors compared to planets. He briefly reviews the historical context of comet observations, mentioning notable encounters with comets through the ages, and presents the fundamental premise that these celestial bodies are more than mere wonders—they play a pivotal role in understanding the dynamics of our solar system. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Comets Meteors QB Text Browsing: Science - Astronomy 202328 202336 2024-09-17T12:23:29.509247 2023-09-18T07:18:37.519293 text/html text/html 193640 2012-12-11T10:27:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 307670 2012-12-11T10:28:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 372331 2024-09-17T12:23:35.272261 application/epub+zip 373619 2024-09-17T12:23:31.186274 application/epub+zip 118066 2024-09-17T12:23:30.197249 application/epub+zip 500773 2024-09-17T12:23:38.274214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483444 2024-09-17T12:23:34.545241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252450 2022-09-19T05:00:33.062738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149897 149724 2024-09-17T12:23:28.752237 2023-09-18T07:18:36.900279 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 149708 2012-12-11T10:27:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54026 2012-12-11T10:28:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149976 2012-12-11T10:27:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53984 2012-12-11T10:28:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19762 2024-09-17T12:23:38.413199 application/rdf+xml 13837 2024-09-17T12:23:30.557241 image/jpeg 3549 2024-09-17T12:23:30.377245 image/jpeg 375689 2024-09-17T12:23:29.536257 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog