PHYSICS OF COMETS (3RD EDITION) (World Scientific Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics)

by SWAMYKSKRISHNA (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $179.78

  Places emphasis on the results from ground-based, satellites and space missions - detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; and, the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust.