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Norton O.R., Chitwood L.A. Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites [Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series]
Springer. 2008. 282 p.

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. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.

Говорят, что астрономия осталась одной из немногих областей, в которой даже любители могут внести реальный вклад в развитее науки, и это более чем справедливо в отношении метеоров и метеоритов. Хотя метеоры индивидуальны и непредсказуемы, можно предсказать, когда метеорные дожди – обычно связанные со старыми кометами – будут идти; они длятся пару суток, в течение которых метеоры можно наблюдать ночью. Оборудование для наблюдения, учета и даже измерения метеоров варьирует от простейшего (стул) до продвинутых камер, охватывающих все небо. Уникальное свойство метеоров среди астрономических объектов состоит в том, что многие из них проникают сквозь земную атмосферу и встречаются с поверхностью Земли, составляя единственный легкодоступный источник внеземного материала для исследований. Уникальное свойство книги Ричарда Нортона состоит в том, что это одновременно пособие и по наблюдению метеоров, и по поиску, препарированию и анализу метеоритов. Это единственная полная книга по данному направлению, имеющаяся на данный момент.

Contents

Introduction
Part I Ancient Fragments of the Solar System
Interplanetary Dust and Meteors
Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids
Meteoroids to Meteorites: Lessons in Survival
Part II The Family of Meteorites
The Chondrites
Primitive and Differentiated Meteorites: Asteroidal Achondrites
Differentiated Meteorites: Planetary and Lunar Achondrites
Differentiated Meteorites: The Irons
Differentiated Meteorites: Stony-Irons
A Gallery of Meteorwrongs
Part III Collecting and Analyzing Meteorites
In the Field
From Hand Lens to Microscope
Appendices
Minerals in Meteorites
Petrographic Types
Useful Tests
Etching Iron Meteorites
Unit Conversions
Composition Percentages
Equipment, Storage, and Display
Glossary
Meteorite Index
General Index
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