Open AccessAustralia's great comet hunter
Author(s) -
Bhathal Ragbir
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51123.x
Subject(s) - comet , astrobiology , geology , astronomy , physics
John Tebbutt was Australia's pre‐eminent 19th‐century astronomer who discovered two great comets of that century. Ragbir Bathal tells his story.