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This revised edition places a unique emphasis on all the new results from ground-based, satellites and space missions - detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH for the first time; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust; extensive theoretical modeling carried out for understanding the observed effects; the similarity in the mineralogy of dust in circumstellar shell of stars, comets, meteorites, asteroids and IDPs, thus indicating the generic relationship between them.

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Author:   K S Krishna Swamy (Nat'l Astronomical Observatory, Japan & Tata Inst Of Fundamental Res, India)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.839kg
ISBN:  

9789814291118

ISBN 10:   9814291110
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   27 August 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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