Astromineralogy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Henning, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 609
• Subjects: Space sciences.; Geophysics.; Mineralogy.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general. It is only recently, however, that this field has received a tremendous boost with the reliable identification...