Physics Of Comets (2nd Edition)
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Physics Of Comets (2nd Edition)

  1. 396 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Physics Of Comets (2nd Edition)

About this book

The study of Comet Halley in 1986 was a tremendous success for cometary science. In March of that year, six spacecrafts passed through Comet Halley as close as 600 km from the nucleus and made the in situ measurements of various kinds. These space missions to Comet Halley and that of the ICE spacecraft to Comet Giacobini-Zinner combined with studies, both ground-based and above the atmosphere, have increased our knowledge of cometary science in a dramatic way.This new edition of Physics of Comets incorporates these new and exciting findings. The emphasis of the book is on the physical processes operating in a cometary environment. It discusses up-to-date observations, methods and results based on the study of various comets. The subject is developed in a systematic manner covering various aspects of cometary phenomena. This book may serve as a text book for students, and as reference material for researchers.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. FOREWORD TO THE REVISED EDITION
  4. CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 2 DYNAMICS
  6. CHAPTER 3 PHYSICAL ASPECTS
  7. CHAPTER 4 SPECTRA
  8. CHAPTER 5 SPECTRA OF COMA
  9. CHAPTER 6 GAS PRODUCTION RATES IN COMA
  10. CHAPTER 7 DUST TAIL
  11. CHAPTER 8 LIGHT SCATTERING THEORY
  12. CHAPTER 9 THE NATURE OF DUST PARTICLES
  13. CHAPTER 10 ION TAILS
  14. CHAPTER 11 NUCLEUS
  15. CHAPTER 12 ORIGIN
  16. CHAPTER 13 RELATION TO OTHER SOLAR SYSTEM STUDIES
  17. CHAPTER 14 PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
  18. INDEX