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...

Table of Contents:

• From Dust Astrophysics Towards Dust Mineralogy - A Historical Review
• Formation and Evolution of Minerals in Accretion Disks and Stellar Outflows
• The Mineralogy of Interstellar and Circumstellar Dust
• The Mineralogy of Cometary Dust
• The In-situ Study of Solid Particles in the Solar System
• The Astromineralogy of Interplanetary Dust Particles
• The Most Primitive Material in Meteorites
• Laboratory Astrophysics of Cosmic Dust Analogues.