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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley,
2014
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (863 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783527412778 3527412778 9783527412792 3527412794 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
