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Astromineralogy

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  • Comprehensive and coherent account of astromineralogy.
  • Largely extended 2nd edition.
  • Explains complicated life cycle of cosmic dust.
  • Shows synergies from astronomical observations and laboratory astrophysics resulting in unambiguous identification of minerals in space

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 815)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. The Mineralogy of Interstellar and Circumstellar Dust in Galaxies

    • F.J. Molster, L.B.F.M. Waters, F. Kemper
    Pages 143-201
  3. The Mineralogy of Cometary Dust

    • M.S. Hanner, M.E. Zolensky
    Pages 203-232
  4. The In-Situ Study of Solid Particles in the Solar System

    • I. Mann, E.K. Jessberger
    Pages 233-257

About this book

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general. This field has received a tremendous boost with the reliable identification of minerals by the Infrared Space Observatory. The first edition of this book, published in 2003, was the first comprehensive and coherent account of this exciting field. Data obtained in the meantime with the Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope, the stardust mission to the comet 81P / Wild 2, and with the Cassini mission, together with progress in ground-based observations and laboratory astrophysics form the basis for this updated and widely extended second edition.Beyond addressing the specialist in the field, the book is intended as a high-level but readable introduction to astromineralogy for both the nonspecialist researcher and the advanced student.

Editors and Affiliations

  • MPI für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

    Thomas Henning

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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