We investigated whether SL9's fragmented nuclei continued to supply dust particles to their comae after the fragmentation, in early July 1992. To solve the problem, we make a “burst model coma” which is not supplied with dust particles from the…
In this book, one of the world's foremost authorities on comets takes us on a voyage of discovery from the earliest speculations on the meaning of comets to his own pioneering research into both the nature of comets and the mysteries of our solar…
Divided into two parts, the first four chapters of Comets and their Origin refer to comets and their formation in general, describing cometary missions, comet remote observations, astrochemistry, artificial comets, and the chirality phenomenon. The…
De auteur, Engels sterrenkundige, is medeoprichter van de Spaceguard Foundation die het risico dat de aarde getroffen wordt door een buitenaards hemellichaam, analyseert en nagaat hoe dat gevaar eventueel kan worden afgewenteld. Duizenden planetoiden…
In dit rijk geïllustreerde boekje gaat wetenschapsjournalist Govert Schilling in op zaken als:
Wat is een komeet?
Hale-Bopp in aantocht
Waar is Hale-Bopp te vinden?
Kometen-toptien
Toekomstig kometenonderzoek
Naast…