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100			_aSwamy, K. S. Krishna _eauthor. _9815653
245		0	_aPhysics of Comets
250			_a3rd
260			_aNew Jersey, _b W S P: _c2010.
300			_axiv, 445p. _b: ill.
490			_aWorld scientific series in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Vol.12
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references; Index 441-445p.
520			_aThis revised edition places a unique emphasis on all the new results from ground-based, satellites and space missions — detection of molecule H2 and prompt emission lines of OH for the first time; discovery of X-rays in comets; observed diversity in chemical composition among comets; the puzzle of the constancy of spin temperature; the well-established mineralogy of cometary dust; extensive theoretical modeling carried out for understanding the observed effects; the similarity in the mineralogy of dust in circumstellar shell of stars, comets, meteorites, asteroids and IDPs, thus indicating the generic relationship between them.
650			_aAstronomy _9940533
650			_aAstrophysics _9713569
650			_aPhysics of comets _9815654
650			_aPhysics _9940534
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