Comet Halley: Dust, Nucleus, Evolution v. 2
Investigations, Results, Interpretation
Published on 31. August 1994
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-0-471-95453-8 (ISBN)
Description
This two-volume work contains a comprehensive review of the diverse observational programmes conducted during the 1985/1986 return of Halley's Comet.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 192 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-95453-8 (9780471954538)
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Content
PART I: DUST: The Dust Tail of Comet Halley; Comet Halley's Dust Coma: In Situ Exploration With Dust Impact Detectors; PART II: NUCLEUS: Surface Features and Activity of the Nucleus of Comet Halley; Models of Cometary Nuclei; Rotation Vector of Halley's Comet, PART III: EVOLUTION AND ORBITAL MOTION: The Identification of Early Returns of Comet Halley from Ancient Astronomical Records; Investigating the Motion of Comet Halley Over Several Millennia; The Ageing of Comet Halley and Other Periodic Comets.