345 Years of the Master Degree of Edmond Halley and the Trajectories of Five Comets after the Passage of the Halley Comet in 1986: A Didactical and Historical Approach

Marcos Cesar Danhoni Neves *

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Daniel Gardelli

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Josie A. P. Silva

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Ricardo Francisco Pereira

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Wilson Guerra

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Mathematics Education, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Ana Claudia D. Neves

Post-Graduate Program in Science and Technology Education, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Brazil.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

This paper presents a historical approach of Edmond Halley and the discovery of the comet that would be known as comet Halley. It will be presented a development of a geometrical method, based upon the second Kepler’s Law, to calculate the trajectories of five comets: Halley, Hale-Bopp, McNaught, Neowise, Leonard. This method was used in high schools, classrooms. Furthermore, it will present all the photographic records of these five comets during 37 years of observation.

Keywords: Edmond halley, comets trajectories, hale-bopp McNaught, leonard, neowise, science education


How to Cite

Neves , M. C. D., Gardelli , D., Silva , J. A. P., Pereira, R. F., Guerra , W., & Neves , A. C. D. (2023). 345 Years of the Master Degree of Edmond Halley and the Trajectories of Five Comets after the Passage of the Halley Comet in 1986: A Didactical and Historical Approach. International Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Journal, 5(1), 201–216. Retrieved from http://journaliaarj.com/index.php/IAARJ/article/view/96

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