These proceedings are concerned with discoveries from the Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite IRAS including follow-up projects in theoretical and observational astronomy. In particular, they stress the solar system results from IRAS. A huge range of astronomical topics is addressed including asteroids, comets, dust in the solar neighbourhood, young stars, old stars, the interstellar medium, and the Galactic cosmic background at various wavelengths.
| ISBN: | 9783540190523 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 1988 |
| Author: | Andrew Lawrence |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 415 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Astrophysics Geophysics Cosmology and the universe Mathematics and Science |