Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993 - Proceedings of the 160th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Belgirate, Italy, June 14-18, 1993 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)

THE MEETING The IAU Symposium 160 ASTEROIDS COMETS METEORS 1999 has been held at Villa Carlotta in Belgirate, on the shore of Lago Maggiore (Italy), from June 14 to June 18, 1993. It has been organized by the Astronomical Observatory of Torino and by the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston. It has been a very large meeting, with 323 registered participants from 38 countries. The scientific program included 29 invited reviews, 106 oral communications, and 215 posters. The subjects covered included all the aspects of the studies of the minor bodies of the solar system, including asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, interplanetary dust, with special focus on the interrelationships between these. The meeting was structured as follows. 5 morning plenary sessions have been devoted to invited reviews on: (1) search programs (2) populations of small bodies (3) dynamics (4) physical observations and modelling (5) origin and evolution. Two afternoon plenary sessions have been devoted to space missions to small bodies and to interrelationships between the different populations. The afternoon parallel sessions have been devoted to: dynamics of comets; Toutatis, Ida, Gaspra; physical processes in cometary comae and tails; meteorites; the cosmogonic message from cometary nuclei; physics of asteroids; the interplanetary dust complex; comet nuclei; meteors; composition and material properties of comets; dynamics of asteroids.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	International Astronomical Union Symposia, 160
Release date:	June 1994
First published:	1994
Editors:	A. Milani • Mario Badiale • A. Cellino
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	503
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
ISBN-13:	978-0-7923-2881-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General
LSN:	0-7923-2881-7
Barcode:	9780792328810

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!