Knowledge is power. 2023. Issue 3
Please sign in so that we can notify you about a reply
The journey to the beginning began
Ancient people looked into the sky. Both day and night. In the afternoon they were attracted by the sun, and at night - brightly glowing points on a dark background. For thousands of years ago, people noticed that heavenly luminaries move along strictly set paths and with a very definite speed, or without changing their mutual location in the sky (stars), or changing it with a certain frequency (planet, moon) In this order, the thoroughness of the universe was felt. Therefore, the unexpected appearance in the night sky of objects that are not like stars and planets not only speed, trajectory, but also appearance, always caused observers surprise or fear and panic.
Cosmic surprises, first of all, were comets - "hairy stars". In the ancient world, and in the Middle Ages, a comet was often depicted in the form of a severed head with fluttering hair. The history of mankind was always filled with tragic events - wars, epidemics, palace coups, and murders of rulers. Therefore, it was not difficult to connect each appearance of a bright comet with any of the "high-profile" events. For example, the death of Julia Caesar in 44 BC? E. It was connected with the advent of a comet burned in the sky during the funeral games.
Asteroids that do not have a tail are visible much worse than comets. Although they fly past the earth much more often, their approach in the distant past almost always went unnoticed and did not cause fears. True, when their trajectory crossed with the trajectory of our planet and they, entering the earthly atmosphere, became “falling stars”, single or group, they were very noticed very much. The Roman historian Cassius Dion mentioned the "stars-kometa , which appeared in August 30 BC? E. They are mentioned as one of the omens attested after the death of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Most likely, this event is associated with the annual Meteor Stream of Perseids (Although he retained the ancient Greek name, we know that every August Meteor rain of Perseids is actually caused by the intersection of the earth"s orbit by fragments of the comet of the swift-tattle)
In ancient Rus", comets also considered the harbinger of all kinds of troubles - war, mora and natural disasters. In domestic annals, the description of the comet hit in 1066: “The star is great, the star of the bolt, the Luces of the impaired Akea bloody, which is in the evening at the Calnetnyn, the star of the copy of the copy, the star ... Identifying the beam, ashamed of Blistannitsa”.
About how the small celestial bodies of the solar system arose - asteroids and comets, why they need to be explored and why their study turns into a journey to the beginning of the beginning, not only the solar system, but the entire galaxy, tell the materials of the main topic
Ancient people looked into the sky. Both day and night. In the afternoon they were attracted by the sun, and at night - brightly glowing points on a dark background. For thousands of years ago, people noticed that heavenly luminaries move along strictly set paths and with a very definite speed, or without changing their mutual location in the sky (stars), or changing it with a certain frequency (planet, moon) In this order, the thoroughness of the universe was felt. Therefore, the unexpected appearance in the night sky of objects that are not like stars and planets not only speed, trajectory, but also appearance, always caused observers surprise or fear and panic.
Cosmic surprises, first of all, were comets - "hairy stars". In the ancient world, and in the Middle Ages, a comet was often depicted in the form of a severed head with fluttering hair. The history of mankind was always filled with tragic events - wars, epidemics, palace coups, and murders of rulers. Therefore, it was not difficult to connect each appearance of a bright comet with any of the "high-profile" events. For example, the death of Julia Caesar in 44 BC? E. It was connected with the advent of a comet burned in the sky during the funeral games.
Asteroids that do not have a tail are visible much worse than comets. Although they fly past the earth much more often, their approach in the distant past almost always went unnoticed and did not cause fears. True, when their trajectory crossed with the trajectory of our planet and they, entering the earthly atmosphere, became “falling stars”, single or group, they were very noticed very much. The Roman historian Cassius Dion mentioned the "stars-kometa , which appeared in August 30 BC? E. They are mentioned as one of the omens attested after the death of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Most likely, this event is associated with the annual Meteor Stream of Perseids (Although he retained the ancient Greek name, we know that every August Meteor rain of Perseids is actually caused by the intersection of the earth"s orbit by fragments of the comet of the swift-tattle)
In ancient Rus", comets also considered the harbinger of all kinds of troubles - war, mora and natural disasters. In domestic annals, the description of the comet hit in 1066: “The star is great, the star of the bolt, the Luces of the impaired Akea bloody, which is in the evening at the Calnetnyn, the star of the copy of the copy, the star ... Identifying the beam, ashamed of Blistannitsa”.
About how the small celestial bodies of the solar system arose - asteroids and comets, why they need to be explored and why their study turns into a journey to the beginning of the beginning, not only the solar system, but the entire galaxy, tell the materials of the main topic
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Magazines & Encyclopedia
ISBN:
ISBN:936009
No reviews found