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Worlds in Interaction: Small Bodies and Planets of the Solar System

Proceedings of the Meeting “Small Bodies in the Solar System and their Interactions with the Planets” held in Mariehamn, Finland, August 8–12, 1994

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  • © 1996

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  1. H. Rickman

    1. Uppsala University, Sweden

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  2. M. J. Valtonen

    1. Tuorla Observatory, Finland

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Table of contents (64 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Solar System in the Galactic Environment

    • K. A. Innanen
    Pages 1-6

  3. Why We Study the Geological Record for Evidence of the Solar Oscillation About the Galactic Midplane

    • John J. Matese, Patrick G. Whitman, Kimmo A. Innanen, Mauri J. Valtonen
    Pages 7-12

  4. The Statistical Effects of Galactic Tides on the Oort Cloud

    • Piotr A. Dybczyński, Halina Pretka
    Pages 13-18

  5. Encounters of the Sun with Nearby Stars in the Past and Future

    • A. A. Mülläri, V. V. Orlov
    Pages 19-23

  6. Star Passages through the Oort Cloud

    • Paul R. Weissman
    Pages 25-30

  7. Evolution of the Cometary Cloud Under the Action of Stellar Perturbations

    • I. V. Petrovskaya
    Pages 31-34

  8. Dynamical Evolution of Comets and the Problem of Cometary Fading

    • V. V. Emel’yanenko, M. E. Bailey
    Pages 35-40

  9. Origin and Evolution of the Long-Period Comets

    • A. Salītis
    Pages 41-44

  10. Orbits of Short Period Comets Captured from the Oort Cloud

    • J. Q. Zheng, M. J. Valtonen, S. Mikkola, M. Korpi, H. Rickman
    Pages 45-50

  11. Polynomial Approximation of Poincaré Maps for Hamiltonian Systems

    • Claude Froeschlé, Elena Lega
    Pages 51-56

  12. The Provenance and Evolution of Comets

    • M. E. Bailey
    Pages 57-68

  13. On the Aging of Comets

    • Fred L. Whipple
    Pages 69-78

  14. On the Importance of Dust in Cometary Nuclei

    • E. K. Kührt, H. U. Keller
    Pages 79-89

  15. Processing of Cometary Grains at the Nucleus Surface

    • Max K. Wallis, Sirwan Al-Mufti
    Pages 91-97

  16. Dust Outflow Velocity and the Gas-to-Dust Ratio in Comets

    • Alex D. Storrs
    Pages 99-102

  17. Interpretation of HMC Images by a Combined Thermal and Gasdynamic Model

    • J. Knollenberg, E. Kührt, H. U. Keller
    Pages 103-112

  18. Effects of Shape and Spin on the Tidal Disruption of P/Shoemaker-Levy 9

    • A. W. Harris
    Pages 113-117

  19. Unusual Comets (?) as Observed from the Hubble Space Telescope

    • Karen J. Meech, Harold A. Weaver
    Pages 119-131

  20. The Main Belt as a Source of Near-Earth Asteroids

    • Mario Menichella, Paolo Paolicchi, Paolo Farinella
    Pages 133-149
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About this book

Planet Earth is part of our Galactic environment, not just the product of it, and it is still today influenced by phenomena related to Galactic forces. Specifically, our planet is affected by its near environment, in particular the small bodies in the Solar System. This book reviews the processes which cause the collisions of these small bodies with the Earth as well as the consequences of such collisions. The various articles take the reader through the Galaxy-Solar System connection to the orbital dynamics of the small bodies and to their number and distribution in near-Earth space. The hazards of the impacts of small bodies on Earth are evaluated, and the geophysical records of such impacts are discussed. The book takes the reader to the forefront of research on both impact cratering and the origin and evolution of small bodies in the Solar System. Thus it brings together two subjects, geophysics and astronomy, which are usually discussed in separate volumes but are closely knit together in this particular area of research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Uppsala University, Sweden

    H. Rickman

  • Tuorla Observatory, Finland

    M. J. Valtonen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Worlds in Interaction: Small Bodies and Planets of the Solar System

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Meeting “Small Bodies in the Solar System and their Interactions with the Planets” held in Mariehamn, Finland, August 8–12, 1994

  • Editors: H. Rickman, M. J. Valtonen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0209-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3930-4Due: 31 March 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6578-8Published: 22 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0209-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 508

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Earth Sciences, general

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