Introduction to comets
We have now reached an exciting time in cometary research. This book describes the science of comets in order of its discovery, from tail phenomena to coma morphology through to the most recent findings from space missions. Suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of astronomy and planetary science.
Print Book, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004
viii, 441 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
9780521808637, 9780521004664, 0521808634, 0521004667
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Comets in history
Discovery and dynamics of comets
Observing and measuring techniques
Tails
Coma and related phenomena
Comets and the solar wind
Nucleus
Asteroids
Origins of comets
Comets and the solar system
Future of cometary research
Comet lore
Summary
Revised edition of: Introduction to comets. 1981