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Cometary science : insights from 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Nicolas Thomas, Author ; International Space Science Institute, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2021

This book gives a status report on where we stand today in studies of cometary nuclei and their immediate environment. The papers were derived from a Horizon 2020 project called MiARD (Multi-instrument Analysis of Rosetta Data), which was design[...]

An introduction to comets : post Rosetta perspectives

Nicolas Thomas, Author | Cham : Springer | 2020

The author opens with a brief introductory segment on the motivation for studying comets and the overall scope of the book. The first chapter describes fundamental aspects most usually addressed by ground-based observation. The author then looks[...]

Frontiers of space risk : natural cosmic hazards and societal challenges

Richard J. Wilman, Editor ; Christopher J. Newman, Editor | [S.l.] : Taylor & Francis | 2018

This book brings together diverse new perspectives on current and emerging themes in space risk, covering both the threats to Earth-based activities arising from space events (natural and man-made), and those inherent in space activity itself. D[...]

Cataclysms : a new geology for the twenty-first century /

Michael R. Rampino, Author | [S.l.] : Columbia University Press | 2017

Michael R. Rampino builds on the latest findings from leading geoscientists to take "neocatastrophism" a step further, toward a richer understanding of the science behind major planetary upheavals and extinction events. Cataclysms offers a cosmi[...]

Comets : visitors from deep space /

David J. Eicher, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2014

Join David J. Eicher in this fast-paced and entertaining journey through the history, present, and future of these important yet mysterious cosmic bodies. From ancient times, humans have been fascinated by "broom stars" and "blazing scimitars" [...]

Heat and gas diffusion in comet nuclei

Walter F. Huebner ; International Space Science Institute | [S.l.] : International Space Science Institute | ISSI scientific report, ISSN 1608-280X | 2006

Icy worlds of the solar system

Pat Dasch, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2004

Introduction to comets

John C. Brandt ; Robert D. Chapman | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2004

Proposal support for polar climate survey, comet sample return and hydrothermal vent sampling

David Gornisecz 2003

Asteroids, comets, meteors ACM 2002 : proceedings of [...] 29 July - 2 August 2002Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Barbara Warmbein, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2002

Minor bodies in the outer solar system : proceedings of the ESO workshop held at Garching, Germany, 2-5 November 1998

A. Fitzsimmons ; D. Jewitt ; Richard M. West | New York, NY : Springer | ESO astrophysics symposia | 2001

Comet science : the study of remnants from the birth of the solar system

Jaques Crovisier ; Therese Encrenaz | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2000

This book provides a comprehensive overview of our current knowledge of comets. It presents a fascinating survey of the study of comets throughout history, from antiquity to the present day, and includes the most recent discoveries on the except[...]

The exploration of Near-Earth Objects (NEO)

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration ; mathematics and applications Commission on physical sciences ; Space Studies Board | [S.l.] : National Academy Press | 1998

E-resource

Fire in the sky : comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science

R. Olson ; Jay M. Pasachoff | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 1998

Comets and meteors are spectacular and awe-inspiring natural phenomena, and are among nature's most compelling icons. Since the beginning of recorded time, they have mesmerized people, not least among them artists and astronomers. Britain during[...]

Asteroids : deadly impact

[S.l.] : National Geographic Society | National Geographic video | 1997

Asteroids and comets: every year, millions of these "stary bullets" streak through the skies, and tons of small meteorites strike our planet! Some 65 million years ago, dinosaurs were wiped off the face of the earth -in what many believe was the[...]

Comets and the origin and evolution of life

Christopher P. McKay, Editor ; Christopher F. Chyba, Editor ; Paul J. Thomas, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 1997

Life on Mars? : the case for a cosmic heritage

Fred Hoyle ; Chandra Wickramasinghe | [S.l.] : Clinical Press | 1997

Impact : the threat of comets and asteroids

Gerrit L. Verschuur | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 1996

Hazards due to comets and asteroids

Tom Gehrels, Editor | Tucson : University of Arizona Press | Space science series | 1994

Rendezvous in space : the science of comets

John C. Brandt ; Robert Dewitt Chapman | [S.l.] : W. H. Freeman and Company | 1992

The spaceguard survey : report of the NASA international near-earth-object detection workshop

David Morrison, Editor | [S.l.] : NASA | 1992

Comets : a chronological history of observation, science, myth, and folklore

Donald K. Yeomans | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Wiley science editions | 1991

Mariner mark II comet rendezvous asteroid flyby mission plan

Office of Space Science and Applications NASA | Pasadena, CA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Californinan Institute of Technology | NASA JPL | 1990

Physics and chemistry of comets

Walter F. Huebner, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomy and astrophysics library | 1990

Exploration of Halley's comet

R. Reinhard, Editor ; Francoise Praderie, Editor ; M. Grewing, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 1988

This comprehensive and detailed book gives a full report on the current state of scientific knowledge on Halley's comet, on its implications for comets in general, and for the origin and evolution of the solar system. The articles in the book ar[...]

Vesta : a mission to the small bodies of the solar system : report on the phase A study

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | 1988

Rosetta : the comet nucleus sample return mission : report of the joint ESA / NASA Science Definition Team

Thomas J. Ahrens | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | SCI (87) | 1987

Encounter '86 : an international rendezvous with Halley's comet

Norman Longdon, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA BR | 1986

Comets

Laurel L. Wilkening | Tucson : University of Arizona Press | Space science series | 1982