Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's Astronomer
by
Gary W. Kronk
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This biography covers the life of Lewis Swift (1820-1913), who discovered 13 comets and nearly 1,200 other deep sky objects. All 13 comets found by Swift now bear his name, including three periodic comets with periods of 6 years (11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR), 9 years (64P/Swift-Gehrels), and 133 years...