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In this volume, cometary experts review a broad spectrum of ideas and conclusions based on in situ measurement of Comet Halley and remote sensing observations of the recent bright Comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake. The chemical character of comet nuclei suggests many close similarities with the composition of interstellar clouds. It also suggests material mixing from the inner solar nebula and challenges the importance of the accretion shock in the outer nebula. The book is intended to serve as a guide for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. Several special indexes focus the reader's attention to detailed results and discussions. It concludes with recommendations for laboratory investigations and for advanced modeling of comets, the solar nebula, and the collapse of interstellar clouds.
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Book Title: Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an ISSI Workshop, 14–18 September 1998, Bern, Switzerland
Editors: K. Altwegg, P. Ehrenfreund, J. Geiss, W. F. Huebner
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4211-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6154-1Published: 31 January 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5830-8Published: 14 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4211-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 412
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles