Astromineralogy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Henning, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 815
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Mineralogy.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Condensed matter.; Physical Chemistry.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; 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. This field has received a tremendous boost with the reliable identification of minerals by the Infrared Space O...