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050 00 $aQB721$b.C648 1982
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245 00 $aComets /$cedited by Laurel L. Wilkening, with the assistance of Mildred Shapley Matthews ; with 48 collaborating authors.
260 0 $aTucson, Ariz. :$bUniversity of Arizona Press,$cc1982.
300 $ax, 766 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aSpace science series
500 $aBased on the International Astronomical Union's Colloquium no. 61.
504 $aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505 0 $aOverview of Comet Observations -- Comet Discoveries, Statistics, and Observational Selection -- Chemical Composition of Cometary Nuclei -- What Are Comets Made of? A Model Based on Interstellar Dust -- The Infrared Spectral Properties of Frozen Volatiles -- Structure and Origin of Cometary Nuclei -- The Rotation of Comet Nuclei -- The Problem of Split Comets in Review -- Radar Detectability of Comets -- Relationships Between Comets, Large Meteors, and Meteorites -- Optical and Infrared Observations of Bright Comets in the Range of 0.5 to 20 micrometers -- Interpreting the Thermal Properties of Cometary Dust -- Dusty Gas-Dynamics in Real Comets -- Cometary Dust in the Solar System -- Laboratory Studies of Interplanetary Dust -- Comet Head Photometry: Past, Present, and Future -- Spectrophotometry of Comets at Optical Wavelengths -- Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Comae -- Laboratory Studies of Photochemical and Spectroscopic Phenomena Related to Comets -- Photochemical Processes in the Inner Coma -- Observations and Dynamics of Plasma Tails -- Plasma Flow and Magnetic Fields in Comets -- Solar Wind Interaction with Comets: Lessons from Venus -- Theories of Physical Processes in the Cometary Comae and Ion Tails -- Dynamical History of the Oort Cloud -- Evolution of Long- and Short-Period Orbits -- Do Comets Evolve into Asteroids? Evidence from Physical Studies -- Comets and Origin of Live -- Basic Information and References.
650 0 $aComets.
700 1 $aWilkening, Laurel L.
700 1 $aMatthews, Mildred Shapley.
710 2 $aInternational Astronomical Union.$bColloquium$n(61st :$d1981 :$cTucson, Ariz.)
776 08 $iOnline version:$tComets.$dTucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©1982$w(OCoLC)625177230
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