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Comet Science: The Study of Remnants from the Birth of the Solar System [Kietas viršelis]

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(Observatoire de Paris, Meudon), Translated by , Foreword by , (Observatoire de Paris, Meudon)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 187 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 255x194x19 mm, weight: 685 g, 11 Tables, unspecified; 36 Plates, color; 20 Halftones, unspecified; 47 Line drawings, unspecified
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2000
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521641799
  • ISBN-13: 9780521641791
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 187 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 255x194x19 mm, weight: 685 g, 11 Tables, unspecified; 36 Plates, color; 20 Halftones, unspecified; 47 Line drawings, unspecified
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Mar-2000
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0521641799
  • ISBN-13: 9780521641791
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Fascinating overview of the most up-to-date knowledge on comets, written for both professionals and amateurs.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge of comets. It presents a fascinating survey of the study of comets throughout history, from antiquity to the present day, and includes the most recent discoveries on the exceptional comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake. The authors discuss the role of comets in the formation of our Solar System and describe the links among comets, asteroids and the recently discovered Kuiper-belt objects. The book also includes new insights into the composition and nature of cometary nuclei, with results from the most up-to-date observation techniques. Written in a clear and lively style, and beautifully illustrated, this book will appeal to anyone interested in comets and astronomy, professionals and amateurs alike. It will be of particular interest to students and researchers in astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science, as well as general readers with a good background in physics.

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' a clear, succinct and authoritative narrative written by two French astronomers who have each contributed mightily to the modern understanding of comets. Comet Science is comprehensive yet brief, engaging yet authoritative, and fully accessible to a wide range of readers. It is well suited to student use and sufficiently detailed for astronomers wanting an overview of the state of the field, while remaining readable by the informed layperson.' Dale P. Cruikshank, Nature 'Comet Science by Jacques Crovisier and Therese Encrenaz spans the range from historical drawings to spacecraft investigations, from visual images to infrared and radio maps and spectra, and from old favourites like Comet Halley to new ones like Comet Hale-Bopp.' New Scientist 'Written in a clear and lively style, Comet Science, illustrates the vast wonders of Comets, which are the very remnants from the birth of our Solar System Appealing to anyone interested in the wonders of comets and astronomy, this book, which is written in a clear and straightforward style, makes it ideal for professionals and amateurs alike. Holding on to its main theme, that is, comet science, it thoroughly covers all topics with in-depth surveys into each sub-subject. Clear coloured photographs and diagrams illustrate the book throughout. As any astronomer would say, comets make a splendid introduction into the astounding and inspiring world of astronomy.' Astronomy and Space 'This is a well-written and excellently illustrated book by two world experts. it is a sheer pleasure to read. Both amateurs and professionals will enjoy comet browsing and studying. This book deserves an award for science appeal.' Irish Astronomical Journal 'Written in a clear and lively style, and beautifully illustrated, this book will appeal to anyone interested in comets and astronomy, professionals and amateurs alike.' Europe & Astronomy 'Readers will appreciate the happy balance between chapters devoted to observation and those devoted to techniques I completely agree.' Mike Moores, OUGS Journal

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Fascinating overview of the most up-to-date knowledge on comets, written for both professionals and amateurs.
Preface to the English edition ix Foreword to the French edition xi Roger Maurice Bonnet The history and science of comets 1(13) The first observations 1(6) Aristotles mistake and its consequences 1(3) The advent of cometary physics 4(3) In search of our origins 7(3) A unique laboratory 10(4) What is a comet? 14(14) The nucleus, coma and tails 14(3) Cometary orbits 17(1) Cometary nomenclature 18(1) Interaction of comets with the solar wind 19(6) Cometary origins 25(3) Visual observations 28(12) In search of comets 28(1) Astrometry and determination of orbits 29(1) Evolution of visual magnitudes 29(3) Cometary imaging 32(8) Visible and ultraviolet spectroscopy 40(14) Classical cometary spectroscopy: an historical view of visible spectroscopy 40(5) Ultraviolet cometary spectroscopy 45(4) Molecular spectroscopy and the spectra of comets 49(3) Rotational energy and radio lines 49(1) Vibrational energy and infrared lines 50(1) Electronic energy and lines in the visible and UV 50(1) Cometary spectra and fluorescence mechanisms 51(1) Photolytic processes and the spatial distribution of cometary molecules in the coma 52(2) Molecular lifetimes 52(1) Excess energy of fragments 52(2) The 1986 exploration of comet Halley 54(22) Preparing the campaign of observation 54(3) The Earth-based observation campaign 57(6) Space exploration of comet Halley 63(3) Space probe instrumentation 64(2) The results 66(6) The nucleus 66(4) The coma 70(2) Relative isotopic abundances 72(1) Space exploration of P/Grigg-Skjellerup 72(1) Ionised gases and solar wind interactions 73(3) The ICE probe and comet Giacobini--Zinner 74(1) Space exploration of the Halley ion environment 74(1) Ion environment of comet Grigg--Skjellerup 75(1) New techniques: infrared, radio and X-ray 76(19) Infrared observations 77(7) The beginnings 77(1) Observations by IRAS 78(1) Infrared spectroscopy and parent molecules 79(3) New molecules observed in comets Hyakutake and Hale--Bopp 82(1) ISO results 82(2) Radio observations 84(9) Historical beginnings: the OH radical 84(2) Parent molecules 86(4) Radio line profiles and kinetics of cometary atmospheres 90(1) Radio interferometric observations 91(1) Continuum and radar observations 92(1) X-ray observations 93(2) Cometary nuclei and their activity 95(13) Our knowledge of cometary nuclei 95(5) Coma formation and jet hydrodynamics 100(1) Break-up of cometary nuclei 101(7) Break-up under effects of cometary activity: comets P/Biela and West 101(2) Break-up under tidal forces: the Roche limit 103(1) Sungrazing comets 104(4) The collision of comet Shoemaker--Levy 9 and Jupiter 108(9) Background to the discovery 108(1) The comet before impact 109(1) Observation of impacts 110(2) Constitution of the object 112(2) Impact phenomena in the Solar System 114(1) Impact phenomena on the Earth 115(2) The nature of comets 117(13) Composition of cometary ices 117(2) The diversity of comets 119(2) The analogy with interstellar molecules 121(9) Interstellar gas molecules 122(1) Interstellar grains 122(4) Aromatics 126(1) Isotopic ratios 126(1) Comparing interstellar and cometary matter 127(1) Condensation of ices 128(2) Comets and the history of the Solar System 130(16) Asteroids and their relation to comets 130(8) Comet--asteroid relations 133(2) Chiron and the Centaurs 135(1) Trans-Neptunian objects 136(2) Relations with other small bodies in the Solar System 138(2) Meteors 138(2) Meteorites 140(1) Formation of the Solar System 140(6) The future of cometary research 146(9) Ground-based telescopic observation 146(1) Observation from Earth orbit 147(3) In situ cometary exploration 150(5) Appendix 155(6) Glossary 161(6) Bibliography 167(4) Index 171