Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Plates
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Strange Lights in the Sky
- 2 Great Comets
- 3 What Are Comets?
- 4 Comets of the Modern Era
- 5 Comets in Human Culture
- 6 Where Comets Live
- 7 The Expanding Science of Comets
- 8 Observing Comets
- 9 Imaging Comets
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
Bibliography
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Plates
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Strange Lights in the Sky
- 2 Great Comets
- 3 What Are Comets?
- 4 Comets of the Modern Era
- 5 Comets in Human Culture
- 6 Where Comets Live
- 7 The Expanding Science of Comets
- 8 Observing Comets
- 9 Imaging Comets
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
- References
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- COMETS!Visitors from Deep Space, pp. 197 - 198Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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