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
Published: 2023-10-05
Page: 201-216
Issue: 2023 - Volume 5 [Issue 1]
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