Meteoroids: Sources of Meteors on Earth and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9781108426718 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 318 str.

Galina O. Ryabova; David J. Asher; Margaret D. Campbell-Brown

Opis

The definitive guide to modern meteor science, destined to be the standard resource for advanced students and researchers.

Recenzje

''Meteoroids are small bits of rock and ice that flare into meteors (shooting stars) when they impact atmospheres … this book showcases important recent developments. Since 2000, a revolution in dynamical studies, supported by the assembly of large data sets, has allowed researchers to correlate major meteor showers with parent bodies and improve prediction of their activity. The first lunar impact flash wasn't confirmed until 1999, but now the subject merits a chapter of its own! Nevertheless, understanding the nature and behavior of meteoroids is still constrained in many ways, especially regarding how they fragment while traversing the atmosphere. Twelve coauthored chapters are grouped into five subject-related sections: meteor physics, meteor observations on Earth, exometeors, sources of meteoroids (the longest section), and finally the hazards posed by meteoroids in space and on Earth. Written primarily for specialists, [the] chapters are exhaustively referenced …' B. M. Simonson, Choice

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: meteor astronomy in the XXI century; References; Part I. Meteor Physics: 1. Modelling the entry of meteoroids Olga Popova, Jiri Borovicka and Margaret Campbell-Brown; 2. Physical and chemical properties of meteoroids Jiri Borovicka, Robert J. Macke, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Frans J. M. Rietmeijer and Tomas Kohout; Part II. Meteor Observations on the Earth: 3. Radar observations of meteors Johan Kero, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Gunter Stober, Jorge Luis Chau, John David Mathews and Asta Pellinen-Wannberg; 4. Meteors and meteor showers as observed by optical techniques Pavel Koten, Jurgen Rendtel, Lukas Shrbeny, Peter Gural, Jiri Borovicka and Pavlo Kozak; Part III. Meteors on the Moon and Planets: 5. Extra-terrestrial meteors Apostolos Christou, Jeremie Vaubaillion, Paul Withers, Ricardo Hueso and Rosemary Killen; 6. Impact flashes of meteoroids on the moon Jose M. Madiedo, Jose L. Ortiz, Masahisa Yanagisawa, Jesus Aceituno and Francisco Aceituno; Part IV. Interrelations: 7. From parent body to meteor shower: the dynamics of meteoroid streams Jeremie Vaubaillon, Lubos Neslusan, Aswin Sekhar, Regina Rudawska and Galina O. Ryabova; 8. Asteroid-meteoroid complexes Toshihiro Kasuga and David Jewitt; 9. Minor meteor showers and the sporadic background Iwan P. Williams, Tadeusz J. Jopek, Regina Rudawska, Juraj Toth and Leonard Kornos; 10. Interstellar meteoroids Maria Hajdukova, Jr, Veerle Sterken and Paul Wiegert; Part V. Hazard: 11. The meteoroid impact hazard for spacecraft Gerhard Drolshagen and Althea Moorhead; 12. Impact hazard of large meteoroids and small asteroids Vladimir Svetsov, Valery Shuvalov, Gareth Collins and Olga Popova; Index.