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PHYSICS OF COMETS

By Swamy K S Krishna

PHYSICS OF COMETS

By Swamy K S Krishna

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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.
Product details
Edition:
3
Number of Pages:
460
Release Date:
2010-09-30
Publication Date:
2010-08-26
Publisher:
World Scientific
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9814291110
ISBN13:
9789814291118
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
812 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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