Philips Atlas of the Universe

THE SOLAR SYSTEM Saxons, and it is shown on the Bayeux Tapestry, with King Harold toppling on his throne and the courtiers look- ...

Great Comets ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE I t is not surprising that ancient peoples were alarmed whenever a brilliant comet appeared. ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM It also was visible at the same time as the Sun, and it had a long, imposing tail. The orbit is elliptical, but ...

Millennium Comets T he closing years of the old century were graced by two bright comets. The first of these was discovered on 3 ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM Hale and Thomas Bopp. It was by no means a faint tele- scopic object, but was 900 million kilometres (560 milli ...

Meteors ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE M eteors are cometary debris. They are very small, and we see them only during the last seconds of ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM SELECTED ANNUAL METEOR SHOWERS Shower Begins Max. Ends Max. Parent Notes ZHR comet Quadrantids 1 Jan 4 Jan 6 Ja ...

Meteorites A meteorite is a solid particle which comes from space and lands on the Earth, sometimes making a crater. It is not s ...

have arrived here. One such meteorite, found in Antarctica and catalogued as ALH 84001, caused great interest when claims were m ...

Meteorite Craters ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE G o to Arizona, not far from the town of Winslow, and you will come to what has been des ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM ▲ Meteor Crater in Arizona, USA, photographed from the air. This is the most famous of all impact structures, t ...

E152- 191 UNIVERSE UK 2003mb 7/4/03 5:40 pm Page 152 ...

Part of a large sunspot, recorded on 15 July 2002 with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope on La Palma. The centre of the sunspot, ...

Our Star: the Sun ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE B ecause the Sun appears so glorious in our sky, some people are disinclined to believe ...

THE SUN particles called neutrinos, which are difficult to detect because they have no electrical charge. The Sun appeared to em ...

The Surface of the Sun ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE U se a telescope to project the Sun’s image, and you will see that the yellow disk ...

THE SUN so; activity then dies down, until at minimum the disk may be free of spots for many consecutive days or even weeks, aft ...

The Solar Spectrum ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE I f we could do no more than examine the bright photo- sphere, and follow the changes i ...

THE SUN correctly, and so laid the foundations of modern astro- physics. An incandescent solid, liquid, or gas at high pressure, ...

Eclipses of the Sun ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE SOLAR ECLIPSES, 2003–2010 Date Type Duration % eclipsed Area (if total or annular) (if ...