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Exploration of Halley’s Comet

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Michael Grewing

    1. Astronomisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

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  2. Françoise Praderie

    1. Observatoire de Meudon, Meudon Principal Cedex, France

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  3. Rüdeger Reinhard

    1. Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (169 papers)

  1. The 1985 return of the Giacobinid meteor stream

    1. The 1985 return of the Giacobinid meteor stream

      • B. A. Lindblad
      Pages 928-930

  2. The meteor stream associated with comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup

    1. The meteor stream associated with comet P/Grigg-Skjellerup

      • B. A. Lindblad
      Pages 931-932

  3. Meteor contribution by short-period comets

    1. Meteor contribution by short-period comets

      • J. Štohl
      Pages 933-934

  4. Associations between ancient comets and meteor showers

    1. Associations between ancient comets and meteor showers

      • M. Kresáková
      Pages 935-936

  5. Supplement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 937-937
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    2. Exploration of Halley’s Comet: symposium summary

      • D. A. Mendis
      Pages 939-947

    3. The Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet

      • R. Reinhard
      Pages 949-958

    4. The Vega mission to Halley’s Comet

      • R. Z. Sagdeev
      Pages 959-964

    5. The Sakigake/Suisei missions to Halley’s Comet

      • K. Hirao, T. Itoh
      Pages 965-968

    6. The International Cometary Explorer

      • J. C. Brandt, R. W. Farquhar, S. P. Maran, M. B. Niedner Jr., T. T. von Rosenvinge
      Pages 969-980

    7. The International Halley Watch

      • Stephen J. Edberg, Ray L. Newburn Jr., Jurgen Rahe
      Pages 981-984
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The 1985/86 apparition of Halley's Comet turned out to be the most important apparition of a comet ever. It provided a worldwide science community with a wealth of exciting new discoveries, the most remarkable of which was undoubtedly the first image of a cometary nucleus. Halley's Comet is the brightest periodic comet, and the most famous of the 750 known comets. With its 76-year period, its recent appearance was truly a "once-in-a-lifetime" observational opportunity. The 1985/86 apparition was the thirtieth consecutive recorded apparition. Five apparitions ago, the English astronomer Edmond Halley discovered the periodicity of "his" comet and correctly predicted its return in 1758, a triumph for science best appreciated in the context of contemporary views, or rather fears, about comets at that time. The increasingly rapid progress in technological development is very much apparent when one compares the dominant tools for cometary research during Halley's next three apparitions: in 1835 studies were made based on drawings ofthe comet; in 1910 photographic plates were used; while in March 1986 an armada of six spacecraft from four space agencies approached the comet and carried out in situ measurements, 1 AU from the Earth. In 1910, nobody could have dreamed that this was possible, and today it is equally difficult to anticipate what scientists will be able to achieve in 2061.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Astronomisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Michael Grewing

  • Observatoire de Meudon, Meudon Principal Cedex, France

    Françoise Praderie

  • Space Science Department of ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    Rüdeger Reinhard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploration of Halley’s Comet

  • Editors: Michael Grewing, Françoise Praderie, Rüdeger Reinhard

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82971-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-82973-4Published: 07 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-82971-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 984

  • Additional Information: Part of this book originally published as the journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 187, No. 1 and 2

  • Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

  • Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Energy, Utilities & Environment

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