Comets to Cosmology
Subtitle: Proceedings of the Third IRAS Conference, Held at Queen Mary College, University of London, July 6-10, 1987
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Published: December 31, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9783540190523
Subjects: Mathematics and Science
Description: These proceedings are concerned with discoveries from the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite IRAS including follow-up projects in theoretical and observational astronomy. In particular, they stress the solar system results from IRAS. A huge range of astronomical topics is addressed including asteroids, comets, dust in the solar neighbourhood, young stars, old stars, the interstellar medium, and the Galactic cosmic background at various wavelengths.