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Graduate reference describing the science of comets in order of its discovery.
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About the Authors
John C. Brandt is Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico.
Now retired, Robert D. Chapman has been a professor at UCLA, a civil servant working for NASA and a program manager in industry.
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