Overview
- Provides observing projects for readers
- Highlights recent data from space probes
- Written for readers of all levels of experience, with no complex mathematics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Universe (ASTRONOM)
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Table of contents(6 chapters)
About this book
Recent years have seen the distinction between comets and asteroids become less prominent. Comets in "asteroid" orbits and vice versa have become almost commonplace and a clearer view of the role of small bodies in the formation of the Solar System and their effect on Earth has become apparent. Seargent covers this development in detail by including new data and information from space probes.
Authors and Affiliations
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Cowra, Australia
David A. J. Seargent
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Weird Comets and Asteroids
Book Subtitle: The Strange Little Worlds of the Sun's Family
Authors: David A. J. Seargent
Series Title: Astronomers' Universe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56558-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56557-6Published: 29 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56558-3Published: 17 May 2017
Series ISSN: 1614-659X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6651
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 279
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Planetary Sciences, Natural Hazards, Astrophysics and Astroparticles