Comets and their origin : the tools to decipher a comet /

Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the chirality phenomenon. The second part covers the cometary Rosetta mission, it...

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Main Author: Meierhenrich, Uwe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2014.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the chirality phenomenon. The second part covers the cometary Rosetta mission, its launch, journey, scientific objectives, and instrumentations, as well as the landing scenario on a cometary nucleus. Along the way, the author presents general questions concerning the origin of terrestrial water and the molecular beginnings of lifeon Earth, as well as how the instruments used on.
Physical Description:1 online resource (863 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783527412778
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9783527412792
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DOI:10.1002/9783527412778