Télécharger le livre :  Mathematical Modelling of Meteoroid Streams
Modern computer power and high-precision observational data have greatly improved the reliability of meteoroid stream models. At present, scientific research calls for two kinds of models: precise ones for individual streams, and statistically averaged ones for Solar...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies
This SpringerBrief summarizes the latest relevant research and discoveries that have been made in the area of ringed small bodies and small body taxonomy, including those that lay the groundwork for future discoveries. Before 2013, ringed small bodies were only...

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Télécharger le livre :  Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today
This White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large. With contributions from authors in twenty countries and over thirty scientific institutions worldwide, the document illustrates the societal...

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Parution : 2018-08-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Research on Teaching Astronomy in the Planetarium
From a noted specialist in astronomy education and outreach, this Brief provides an overview of the most influential discipline-based science education research literature now guiding contemporary astronomy teaching. In recent years, systematic studies of effective and...

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Parution : 2017-08-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Three Body Dynamics and Its Applications to Exoplanets
This brief book provides an overview of the gravitational orbital evolution of few-body systems, in particular those consisting of three bodies. The authors present the historical context that begins with the origin of the problem as defined by Newton, which was...

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Télécharger le livre :  From Stars to States
The aim of this essay is to understand the relationship between knowledge and society and to reflect on the links between science and political decision making.The text evolved from  a number of reflections the author made while president of the European...

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Parution : 2017-07-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Extrasolar Planets and Their Host Stars
This book explores the relations between physical parameters of extrasolar planets and their respective parent stars. Planetary parameters are often directly dependent upon their stellar counterparts. In addition, the star is almost always the only visible component of...

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Parution : 2017-07-18
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Télécharger le livre :  The Interstellar Medium, Expanding Nebulae and Triggered Star Formation
This brief brings together the theoretical aspects of star formation and ionized regions with the most up-to-date simulations and observations. Beginning with the basic theory of star formation, the physics of expanding HII regions is reviewed in detail and a discussion...

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Parution : 2015-11-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment
This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical...

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Télécharger le livre :  Software Systems for Astronomy
This book covers the use and development of software for astronomy. It describes the control systems used to point the telescope and operate its cameras and spectrographs, as well as the web-based tools used to plan those observations. In addition, the book also...

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Parution : 2013-10-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Numerical Modelling of Astrophysical Turbulence
In this "SpringerBrief" the author considers the underlying problems and questions that are common to numerical models of turbulence in different astrophysical systems. Turbulence has emerged as an important research topic in several areas of astrophysics. Understanding...

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Parution : 2013-09-20
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Télécharger le livre :  William and Caroline Herschel
This beautifully structured book presents the essentials of William and Caroline Herschel’s pioneering achievements in late 18th-century astronomy. Michael Hoskin shows that William Herschel was the first observational cosmologist and one of the first observers to...

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Parution : 2013-09-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Constant-Scale Natural Boundary Mapping to Reveal Global and Cosmic Processes
Whereas conventional maps can be expressed as outward-expanding formulae with well-defined central features and relatively poorly defined edges, Constant Scale Natural Boundary (CSNB) maps have well-defined boundaries that result from natural processes and thus allow...

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Parution : 2013-09-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Space Weather and Coronal Mass Ejections
Space weather has attracted a lot of attention in recent times. Severe space weather can disrupt spacecraft, and on Earth can be the cause of power outages and power station failure. It also presents a radiation hazard for airline passengers and astronauts. These...

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Parution : 2013-08-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Measuring the Angular Momentum of Supermassive Black Holes
Measuring the spin distribution of supermassive black holes is of critical importance for understanding how these black holes and their host galaxies form and evolve over time, yet this type of study is only in its infancy.  This brief describes how astronomers measure...

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Parution : 2013-06-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Electrifying Atmospheres: Charging, Ionisation and Lightning in the Solar System and Beyond
Electrical processes take place in all planetary atmospheres. There is evidence for lightning on Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is possible on Mars and Titan, and cosmic rays ionise every atmosphere, leading to charged droplets and particles. Controversy...

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Parution : 2013-05-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Solar History
Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence...

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Parution : 2012-09-04
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Télécharger le livre :  How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?
What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations? And what does the fact that there is currently no credible scientific evidence for the existence of...

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Parution : 2012-01-05
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