The Science of Sungrazers, Sunskirters, and Other Near-Sun Comets

This review addresses our current understanding of comets that venture close to the Sun, and are hence exposed to much more extreme conditions than comets that are typically studied from Earth. The extreme solar heating and plasma environments that these objects encounter change many aspects of thei...

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Main Authors: Jones, Geraint H (Author), Knight, Matthew M (Author), Battams, Karl (Author), Boice, Daniel C (Author), Brown, John (Author), Giordano, Silvio (Author), Raymond, John (Author), Snodgrass, Colin (Author), Steckloff, Jordan K (Author), Weissman, Paul (Author), Fitzsimmons, Alan (Author), Lisse, Carey (Author), Opitom, Cyrielle (Author), Birkett, Kimberley S (Author), Bzowski, Maciej (Author), Decock, Alice (Author), Mann, Ingrid (Author), Ramanjooloo, Yudish (Author), McCauley, Patrick (Author), Jones, Geraint H. (Author), Knight, Matthew M. (Author), Boice, Daniel C. (Author), Birkett, Kimberley S. (Author), Steckloff, Jordan K. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag, 2018-05-03T19:15:34Z.
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