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An Introduction to Comets - Post-Rosetta Perspectives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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An Introduction to Comets - Post-Rosetta Perspectives (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Series: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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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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