Overview
- The book gives guidance for future investigations in space (Rosetta mission), in the laboratory and in theoretical studies
- New data from recent comet missions and remote sensing, as well as progress in modeling and theory have advanced the field
- The origin and evolution of comet nuclei is key to understanding the origin of the solar system
Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 28)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system. They have been created far away from the early Sun and it is supposed that their material has been altered the least since their formation. The workshop was bringing together representatives of several scientific communities in the fields of interstellar clouds, star-forming regions, the solar nebula, and comets. The intent was to formulate the current understanding and interconnectivity of the various source regions of comet nuclei and their associated compositions and orbital characteristics.
The goal was to better understand the survival of cometary materials (grains, molecules, free radicals, and atoms) from extrasolar sources (circumstellar shells and molecular clouds), their modifications in the solar nebula, and the effects of their properties on the formation and early physical and thermal evolution of the macroscopic bodies, the comet nuclei, in the various subnebulae. Closely associated is their transport into the outer solar system, the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud. The distinction between direct measurements, in situ or by remote sensing, of cometary material properties and properties derived from indirect means, deduced from laboratory studies and theoretical deductions, was emphasized with the aim to guide future investigations. The book is intended to serve as guide for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. It should also help to influence the planning of scientific strategies for the encounter of the Rosetta spacecraft with Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Origin and Early Evolution of Comet Nuclei
Book Subtitle: Workshop honouring Johannes Geiss on the occasion of his 80th birthday
Editors: H. Balsiger, K. Altwegg, W. Huebner, T. Owen, R. Schulz
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-85455-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-85454-0Published: 04 December 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2749-1Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-85455-7Published: 27 September 2008
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IV, 320
Number of Illustrations: 35 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 138,1-4, 2008
Topics: Planetology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)