| Physics of Comets: (Third Edition) Contributor(s): K S Krishna Swamy (Author) |
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ISBN: 9814291110 ISBN-13: 9789814291118 Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Atomic & Molecular |
| Dewey: 523.112 |
| Series: World Scientific Series in Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.85 lbs) 460 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This revised edition places a unique emphasis on all the new results from ground-based, satellites and space missions -- detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH for the first time; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust; extensive theoretical modeling carried out for understanding the observed effects; the similarity in the mineralogy of dust in circumstellar shell of stars, comets, meteorites, asteroids and IDPs, thus indicating the generic relationship between them. |