We had planned to publish this book already in summer 2018, but you know - writing is not our main profession and my wife and I where so overwhelmed with work in the second half of last year that we found little time to do anything else. Moreover, one of our children moved out to commence studying and there were other important changes to our private life as well ... Anyway, here it is now: the fifth instalment of our series on Lesser Worlds of the Solar System, this time not discussing a dwarf planet or a major moon but a comet - that thing with the ineffable Ukrainian name that had been visited by the European spacecraft Rosetta and its little lander Philae.
The structure of the book follows the by now familiar pattern, telling first of the approach phase, followed by the almost failed Philae mission. Next, we describe the topography, subdivided into "Body", "Neck" and "Head" of the rubber-ducky comet, two subsequent chapters discuss the chemistry first of the nucleus, then of the coma (or atmosphere), and finally we cast a glance on the end of the Rosetta mission and possible follow-ups.
A sample read is available as usual from Academia.edu.
A sample read is available as usual from Academia.edu.
The order link, for print or e-book, is here: Rosetta's comet. From Sunday, 24 February, to Tuesday, 26 February, the e-book edition will be available for free downloading!
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