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Rosetta: ESA's Mission to the Origin of the Solar System
. Ed(S): Schulz, Rita (European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands); Alexander, Claudia J.; Boehnhardt, Hermann; Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz
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Description for Rosetta: ESA's Mission to the Origin of the Solar System
hardcover. ROSETTA: ESA's Mission to the Origin of the Solar System is partially reprinted, with updates and corrections, from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 128/1-4, 2007. This is the first hard cover book on Rosetta to discuss science and instrumentation. Editor(s): Schulz, Rita (European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands); Alexander, Claudia J.; Boehnhardt, Hermann; Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz. Num Pages: 831 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1743.
Comets consist of the most primitive material in the solar system and to understand the earliest epoch of solar system formation, we must investigate the nature of this material. Much of what we know of comets presently comes from remote sensing using Earth-based telescopes. The Rosetta mission is poised to make a dramatic advance in our understanding of comets.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
831
Condition
New
Number of Pages
785
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387775173
SKU
V9780387775173
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99-15
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