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Physics and Chemistry of Comets

As this excellent book demonstrates, the study of comets has now reached the fas­ cinating stage where we understand comets in general simple tenns while, at the same time, we are uncertain about practically all the details of cometary nature, structure, processes, and origin. In every aspect, even...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Huebner, Walter F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
Subjects:
Geology
Geophysics
Mineralogy
Space Physics
Solar System
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 8.2 Progress in Physics and Chemistry of Comets
  • 8.3 Progress on the History of the Early Solar System
  • 8.4 Comets and the Origins of Life
  • 8.5 Unsolved and New Problems
  • References
  • 4.8 Optical and Infrared Properties
  • 4.9 Dust Composition
  • 4.10 Dust Production Rate and the Dust to Gas Ratio
  • 4.11 Summary
  • 5. The Plasma
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Large-Scale Processes of the Solar Wind-Comet Interaction
  • 5.3 Ion Composition
  • 5.4 Ionospheric Processes
  • 5.5 Plasma Wave Turbulence
  • 5.6 Ion Acceleration
  • 6. Orbital Distribution of Comets
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Origin and Dynamical Evolution
  • 6.3 Time Scales
  • 6.4 The Outer Part of the Presolar Nebula
  • 6.5 The Distribution of the Reciprocal Semimajor Axes
  • 6.6 Other Theories for the Origin and Evolution
  • 6.7 Short-Period Comets
  • 6.8 Differences Between Long- and Short-Period Comets
  • 7. Comet Formation and Evolution
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Chemical and Physical Clues from Observations
  • 7.3 Formation of Comet Nuclei
  • 7.4 Dynamical Evolution of Comets
  • 7.5 Physical Evolution of Comet Nuclei
  • 7.6 Summary
  • 8. Implications of Comet Research
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Plan of the Book
  • 1.2 General Concepts
  • 1.3 Orbits of Some Comets for Spacecraft Missions
  • 1.4 The Oort Cloud Compared to the Planetary Orbits
  • 1.5 Summary of Spacecraft Data from Comets
  • 1.6 Summary of New Data from Remote Sensing
  • 1.7 Reasons for Planned and Proposed Comet Missions
  • 1.8 Laboratory and Space Experiments and Simulations
  • 2. The Nucleus
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Observational Techniques
  • 2.3 Models of the Nucleus
  • 2.4 The Nucleus of Comet P/Halley
  • 2.5 Modeling and Laboratory Experiments
  • 2.6 Physical Parameters of the Nucleus
  • 2.7 Summary
  • 3. The Neutral Coma
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The Coma: A Transient Phenomenon
  • 3.3 Excitation and Emission Mechanisms
  • 3.4 Composition of the Coma
  • 3.5 Summary and Prospectus
  • 4. Dust
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 What is Comet Dust?
  • 4.3 Dust Release from the Nucleus
  • 4.4 Dust Emission
  • 4.5 Dust Coma Structure
  • 4.6 Dust Tails
  • 4.7 Mass Distribution

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