Meteor Orbits and Dust

Meteor Orbits and Dust
Title Meteor Orbits and Dust PDF eBook
Author Gerald S. Hawkins
Publisher
Pages 424
Release 1967
Genre Interstellar matter
ISBN

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Meteor Orbits and Dust

Meteor Orbits and Dust
Title Meteor Orbits and Dust PDF eBook
Author Gerald S. Hawkins
Publisher
Pages 426
Release 1967
Genre
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Solar System Dynamics

Solar System Dynamics
Title Solar System Dynamics PDF eBook
Author Carl D. Murray
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 612
Release 2000-02-13
Genre Science
ISBN 1139936158

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The Solar System is a complex and fascinating dynamical system. This is the first textbook to describe comprehensively the dynamical features of the Solar System and to provide students with all the mathematical tools and physical models they need to understand how it works. It is a benchmark publication in the field of planetary dynamics and destined to become a classic. Clearly written and well illustrated, Solar System Dynamics shows how a basic knowledge of the two- and three-body problems and perturbation theory can be combined to understand features as diverse as the tidal heating of Jupiter's moon Io, the origin of the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt, and the radial structure of Saturn's rings. Problems at the end of each chapter and a free Internet Mathematica® software package are provided. Solar System Dynamics provides an authoritative textbook for courses on planetary dynamics and celestial mechanics. It also equips students with the mathematical tools to tackle broader courses on dynamics, dynamical systems, applications of chaos theory and non-linear dynamics.

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993
Title Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993 PDF eBook
Author A. Milani
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 531
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Science
ISBN 9401111480

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THE MEETING The IAU Symposium 160 ASTEROIDS COMETS METEORS 1999 has been held at Villa Carlotta in Belgirate, on the shore of Lago Maggiore (Italy), from June 14 to June 18, 1993. It has been organized by the Astronomical Observatory of Torino and by the Lunar and Planetary Institute of Houston. It has been a very large meeting, with 323 registered participants from 38 countries. The scientific program included 29 invited reviews, 106 oral communications, and 215 posters. The subjects covered included all the aspects of the studies of the minor bodies of the solar system, including asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, interplanetary dust, with special focus on the interrelationships between these. The meeting was structured as follows. 5 morning plenary sessions have been devoted to invited reviews on: (1) search programs (2) populations of small bodies (3) dynamics (4) physical observations and modelling (5) origin and evolution. Two afternoon plenary sessions have been devoted to space missions to small bodies and to interrelationships between the different populations. The afternoon parallel sessions have been devoted to: dynamics of comets; Toutatis, Ida, Gaspra; physical processes in cometary comae and tails; meteorites; the cosmogonic message from cometary nuclei; physics of asteroids; the interplanetary dust complex; comet nuclei; meteors; composition and material properties of comets; dynamics of asteroids.

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets

Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets
Title Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets PDF eBook
Author Peter Jenniskens
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 804
Release 2006-09-14
Genre Science
ISBN 1316347826

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Meteor Showers and their Parent Comets is a unique handbook for astronomers interested in observing meteor storms and outbursts. Spectacular displays of 'shooting stars' are created when the Earth's orbit crosses a meteoroid stream, as each meteoroid causes a bright light when it enters our atmosphere at high speed. Jenniskens, an active meteor storm chaser, explains how meteoroid streams originate from the decay of meteoroids, comets and asteroids, and how they cause meteor showers on Earth. He includes the findings of recent space missions to comets and asteroids, the risk of meteor impacts on Earth, and how meteor showers may have seeded the Earth with ingredients that made life possible. All known meteor showers are identified, accompanied by fascinating details on the most important showers and their parent comets. The book predicts when exceptional meteor showers will occur over the next fifty years, making it a valuable resource for both amateur and professional astronomers.

Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere

Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere
Title Meteors in the Earth's Atmosphere PDF eBook
Author Edmond Murad
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 340
Release 2002-09-05
Genre Science
ISBN 9780521804318

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A comprehensive overview of the extraterrestrial matter that falls to Earth from space.

Catching Stardust

Catching Stardust
Title Catching Stardust PDF eBook
Author Natalie Starkey
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 265
Release 2018-03-08
Genre Science
ISBN 1472944038

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'Astonishing' - New Scientist Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious – comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects is the 4.6-billion-year wisdom of Solar System events, and by studying them at close quarters using spacecraft we can coerce them into revealing their closely-guarded secrets. This offers us the chance to answer some fundamental questions about our planet and its inhabitants. Exploring comets and asteroids also allows us to shape the story of Earth's future, enabling us to protect our precious planet from the threat of a catastrophic impact from space, and maybe to even recover valuable raw materials from them. This cosmic bounty could be as useful in space as it is on Earth, providing the necessary fuel and supplies for humans as they voyage into deep space to explore more distant locations within the Solar System. Catching Stardust tells the story of these enigmatic celestial objects, revealing how scientists are using them to help understand a crucial time in our history – the birth of the Solar System, and everything contained within it.