Comets and Meteors

Name: Comets and Meteors
Author: Daniel Kirkwood

by Daniel Kirkwood

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Comets and Meteors Their phenomena in all ages; their mutual relations; and the theory of their origin.

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Project Gutenberg

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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)

Release date

2012-12-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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Comets Meteors

About the author

Daniel Kirkwood

1814–1895

Best known for identifying the gaps in the asteroid belt that now bear his name, this American astronomer helped reveal how gravity and orbital resonances shape the solar system. He also spent decades as a respected teacher, bringing astronomy and mathematics to generations of students.

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