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...

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 in Galaxies
• 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.