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Description for Comets
Paperback. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
Comets are small bodies, but of great cosmic relevance. Given its pristine nature, they may preserve valuable and unique information on thechemical and physical processes that took place in theearly solar system, and that may be occurring in the formation of other planetary systems. They might have even played a very important role in the origin of life on Earth. Beyond that, since ancient times comets have inspired awe, superstition, and also curiosity anddebate. Their sudden apparitions challenged the long-held view of the immutability of the heavens, which triggered a long debate on whether comets had a heavenly or terrestrial ... Read more
Comets are small bodies, but of great cosmic relevance. Given its pristine nature, they may preserve valuable and unique information on thechemical and physical processes that took place in theearly solar system, and that may be occurring in the formation of other planetary systems. They might have even played a very important role in the origin of life on Earth. Beyond that, since ancient times comets have inspired awe, superstition, and also curiosity anddebate. Their sudden apparitions challenged the long-held view of the immutability of the heavens, which triggered a long debate on whether comets had a heavenly or terrestrial ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048168835
SKU
V9789048168835
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About Julio A. Fernandez
Full Professor of Astronomy at the Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Formerly, I held temporal positions at the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Germany, and Observatorio do Valongo, Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vice-president of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union ``Positions and Motions of Minor Planets, Comets and Satellites''. Member of the Small ... Read more
Reviews for Comets
Fernández's monograph is a lucid account of cometary dynamics and related topics that is an important contribution to the literature... Comets provides an important and extremely readable summary of cometary dynamics and related topics... Many scientists, including astronomers, can benefit from reading it. —John C. Brandt, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in Physics Today, Sept. 2006