| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 110 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Modern Astrophysics -- Evolution of the spin of Mercury and its capture into the 3/2 spin-orbit resonance -- Trans-Neptunian Objects and Associated Families: confronting colors, correlations and evolution models -- The origin of the spins of Kuiper Belt objects -- Magnetic Turbulence in the solar wind and the earth's plasma sheet -- The structure revealed by Spitzer in NGC 2264 -- Recent Results on Interstellar Turbulence -- Asteroseismology and Variability of Young Stars -- On the problem of magnetic braking -- A first step for Automatic Stellar Parameter Determination -- Giant Transiting Planets Observations -- GITPO -- Probing the structure and atmospheres of extra-solar planets -- What's going on in Canis Major? -- Study of three galaxy clusters at intermediate redshifts -- Modelling the Warm Absorber in NGC 3783 with the TITAN code -- Astrophysical Tests of Fundamental Physics -- Gamma Ray Bursts as Cosmological Probes -- Braneworld cosmology: sneutrino inflation and leptogenesis -- XCS -- Current Status -- Deep radio observations in the CDFS/GOODS field: optical and X-ray identifications -- The nature of the optical faint sub-millijansky radio sources: the VLT/VIMOS view -- AMS -- a magnetic spectrometer on the international space station -- History of Astronomy -- The legacy of Sacrobosco: Tractatus de Sphaera -- Astronomical and Geophysical Activities in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) during 1781-88 by Bento Sanches Dorta -- Comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers' Methods for the determination of the orbits of comets -- The 1870 Portuguese solar eclipse expedition -- a preliminary report -- The Science Palaces -- The astronomer/instrument maker Campos Rodrigues and the contribution of the Observatory of Lisbon for the 1900-1901 solar parallax programme -- The Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon -- Time Service and Legal Time in Portugal -- Documents of the OAL's architecture |
| Summary |
This volume considers recent theoretical and observational developments in astronomy and astrophysics with contributions on solar system bodies, extrasolar planets, star formation, galaxy evolution and cosmology. A special section is dedicated to the history of astronomy including papers on the history of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, time service and legal time, the 1870 solar eclipse expedition, and a comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers ́methods for the determination of the orbits of comets. <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: Evolution of the Spin of Mercu |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- Congresses
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Astrophysics -- Congresses
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Astronomy
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Astrophysics
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Afonso, José
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Universidade de Lisboa
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Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa
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| LC no. |
2007271207 |
| ISBN |
9812773061 |
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9789812773067 |
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1281924571 |
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9781281924575 |
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