Introduction to Comets

Name: Introduction to Comets
Brand: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
SKU: 9783030505738
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Autor: Nicolas Thomas

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Written by a leading expert on comets, this textbook is divided into seven main elements with a view...

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Autor

Nicolas Thomas

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engleză

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Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2020

Pagini

503

EAN

9783030505738

ISBN

3030505731

Enbook ID

33496950

Editura

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Greutate

986

Dimensiuni

243 x 167 x 38

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Written by a leading expert on comets, this textbook is divided into seven main elements with a view to allowing advanced students to appreciate the interconnections between the different elements. The author opens with a brief introductory segment on the motivation for studying comets and the overall scope of the book. The first chapter describes fundamental aspects most usually addressed by ground-based observation. The author then looks at the basic physical phenomena in four separate chapters addressing the nucleus, the emitted gas, the emitted dust, and the solar wind interaction. Each chapter introduces the basic physics and chemistry but then new specific measurements by Rosetta instruments at comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko are brought in. A concerted effort has been made to distinguish between established fact and conjecture. Deviations and inconsistencies are brought out and their significance explained. Links to previous observations of comets Tempel 1, Wild 2, Hartley 2, Halley and others are made. The author then closes with three smaller chapters on related objects, the loss of comets, and prospects for future exploration. This textbook includes over 275 graphics and figures - most of which are original. Thorough explanations and derivations are included throughout the chapters. The text is therefore designed to support MSc. students and new PhD students in the field wanting to gain a solid overview of the state-of-the-art.

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