
Physics Of Comets (2nd Edition)
K. S. Krishna Swamy(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. May 1997
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-981-02-2632-9 (ISBN)
Description
The study of Comet Halley in 1986 was a tremendous success for cometary science. In March of that year, six spacecrafts passed through Comet Halley as close as 600 km from the nucleus and made the in situ measurements of various kinds. These space missions to Comet Halley and that of the ICE spacecraft to Comet Giacobini-Zinner combined with studies, both ground-based and above the atmosphere, have increased our knowledge of cometary science in a dramatic way.This new edition of Physics of Comets incorporates these new and exciting findings. The emphasis of the book is on the physical processes operating in a cometary environment. It discusses up-to-date observations, methods and results based on the study of various comets. The subject is developed in a systematic manner covering various aspects of cometary phenomena. This book may serve as a text book for students, and as reference material for researchers.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-981-02-2632-9 (9789810226329)
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K. S. Krishna Swamy
Physics Of Comets
Book
03/1986
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
€55.00
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Persons
Author
Nat'l Astronomical Observatory, Japan & Tata Inst Of Fundamental Res, India
Foreword
Harvard Univ, Usa
Content
General introduction; dynamics; physical aspects; spectra; spectra of coma; gas-production rates in coma; dust tail; light scattering theory; the nature of dust particles; ion tails; nucleus; origin; relation to other solar system studies; problems and prospects.