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100 _aSwamy, K S Krishna
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245 0 _aPhysics of Comets
_c/ by K S Krishna Swamy
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aNew Jersey :
_b W S P,
_c2010.
300 _axiv, 445p.
490 _aWorld scientific series in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol.12
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references; Index 441-445p.
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aAstronomy.
650 _aAstrophysics.
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650 _aPhysics of comets.
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650 _aPhysics.
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