Comets and their origin the tool to decipher a comet / Uwe Meierhenrich.
| Author/creator | Meierhenrich, Uwe |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH VerlagGmbH & Co. KGaA, [2015] |
| Description | xxx, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I. Comets and their origin. Introduction -- The formation of comets -- Astrochemistry : water and organic molecules in comets -- The asymmetry of life -- Part II. The Rosetta Mission : rendezvous with a comet. The Rosetta Cometary Mission : launch and target comet -- On the way to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko -- Rosetta's rendezvous with the comet -- Conclusions and outlook. |
| Abstract | 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 second part covers the cometary Rosetta mission, its launch, journey, scientific objectives, and instrumentations, as well as the landing scenario on a cometary nucleus. Along the way, the author presents general questions concerning the origin of terrestrial water and the molecular beginnings of life on Earth, as well as how the instruments used on a space mission like Rosetta can help answer them. The text concludes with a chapter on what scientists expect from the Rosetta mission and how its data will influence our life on Earth. As a result, the author elucidates highly topical and fascinating knowledge to scientists and students of various scientific backgrounds, allowing them to work with Rosetta's data. -- from back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Text in English. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Meierhenrich, Uwe. Comets and their origin : the tools to decipher a comet. Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag, ©2015 xxx, 320 pages 9783527412815 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023302418 |
| ISBN | 9783527412815 (print) |
| ISBN | (ePDF) |
| ISBN | (ePub) |
| ISBN | (Mobi) |
| ISBN | (oBook) |
| ISBN | 9783527412785 |
| Stock number | 10.1002/9783527412778 Wiley Online Library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com |
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