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Modern Meteor Science: An Interdisciplinary View [Hardcover]

Robert Hawkes (Editor), Ingrid Mann (Editor), Peter Brown (Editor)


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April 20, 2006 1402043740 978-1402043741 1st ed. 2006, Corrected 2nd printing 2008

This volume represents a blend of leading edge research and authoritative reviews in meteor science. It provides a comprehensive view of meteoroid research including the dynamics, sources and distribution of these bodies, and their chemistry and physical processes in the interplanetary medium and the Earth’s atmosphere. Techniques for investigation of meteor phenomena in the book include conventional and large aperture radar systems, spacecraft detection, optical systems, spectral measurements, and laboratory based interplanetary dust particle studies.

The book will be of interest to researchers and students in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmochemistry, space engineering and space science.

Cover photograph was taken by Masayuki Toda.


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"During the past half century meteor research has evolved into a comprehensive multidisciplinary science … . New findings are flowing from the ever-broadening range of investigative techniques that are being employed to great effect by the contributors to this book. This comprehensive overview of leading edge research by well over one hundred authors is an essential resource volume for scientists and engineers conducting studies and exploration of the solar system. It demands a place in the libraries supporting their activities." (Australian Physics, Vol. 43 (4), September/October, 2006)


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 732 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2006, Corrected 2nd printing 2008 edition (April 20, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402043740
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402043741
  • Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,452,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persistent meteor trains, high altitude meteors, cometary ephemerides, geocentric velocity meteors, meteoroid structure, fireball streams, mass distribution index, natural bolides, trail radius effect, overdense echoes, luminous efficiency factor, dustball model, ablation coefficient, meteor complex, asteroidal meteoroids, meteoroid model, meteor flux, origin meteoroids, train spectra, video meteors, meteor reflections, radiant coordinates, meteor spectra, persistent trains, ablating meteoroid
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Space Sci, Czech Republic, New York, Ascension Island, Cambridge University Press, Tagish Lake, Arizona Press, Astronomical Institute, Mass Fraction Vaporized, Monte Carlo, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Department of Physics, Los Alamos, Advanced Meteor Orbit Radar, Canada Research Chair, Meteor Data Center, Planetary Institute, References Baggaley, Space Res, Harvard Radio Meteor Project, New Mexico, Ondrejov Observatory, Standard Atmosphere, Bellot Rubio, Earth Moon Planets
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