Category Archives: Comets, Meteors & Asteroids

A History of Physical Theories of Comets, From Aristotle to Whipple (Archimedes)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The book describes the major physical theories of comets in the past two millennia. It demonstrates the evolution of ideas about the nature, position, motion and physical constitution of comets from Aristotle to Whipple. Unlike the available works on the … Continue reading →

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Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 35. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (Saas-Fee Advanced Courses)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

The study of the Solar system, particularly of its newly discovered outer parts, is one of the hottest topics in modern astrophysics with great potential for revealing fundamental clues about the origin of planets and even the emergence of life. … Continue reading →

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New Horizons: Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The New Horizons mission is the first spacecraft to reconnoitre the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt. This pioneering mission explores the outer edge of the solar system, arguably the last frontier of planetary exploration. This book describes the mission, … Continue reading →

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Astrobiology, Comets And the Origin of Life

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The idea that comets may be connected with the origin of life on Earth was considered heresy a few decades ago, with scientists shying away from this possibility as if from a medieval superstition. However the case that comets may … Continue reading →

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The Tunguska Mystery (Astronomers’ Universe)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

The purpose of the book is a dual one: to detail the nature and results of Tunguska investigations in the former USSR and present-day CIS, and to destroy two long-standing myths still held in the West. The first concerns alleged … Continue reading →

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Applied Aspects of Optical Communication and LIDAR

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Exploring the practical aspects of atmospheric optical communication and light detection and ranging (LIDAR), Applied Aspects of Optical Communication and LIDAR details the role of atmospheric structures in propagation phenomena that influence the transmission of optical signals through perturbed atmospheric … Continue reading →

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Elementary Meteorology [ 1907 ]

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Originally published in 1907. This volume from the Cornell University Library’s print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations … Continue reading →

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Lunar Meteoroid Impacts and How to Observe Them (Astronomers’ Observing Guides)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The face of the Moon we see today has been substantially etched by the effects of meteor impacts. Craters on the Moon are the result of ancient impacts with large meteorites – or small asteroid-like bodies – which produced both … Continue reading →

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Guide to the Universe: Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets (Greenwood Guides to the Universe)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series covers asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets—those small bodies that revolve the Sun—and provides readers with the most up-to-date understanding of the current state of scientific knowledge about them. Scientifically sound, … Continue reading →

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Solar System Moons: Discovery and Mythology

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Starting from Mars outward this concise handbook provides thorough information on the satellites of the planets in the solar system. Each chapter begins with a section on the discovery and the naming of the planet’s satellites or rings. This is … Continue reading →

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