Co: Twenty-Five Years of Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the 170th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Tucson, Ari

by International Astronomical Union

Book Overview

Interstellar carbon monoxide (CO) was first detected in 1970 with the 36 foot diameter telescope of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory! on Kitt Peak in Southern Arizona. R. W. Wilson, K. B. Jefferts, and A. A. Penzias of Bell Labs reported, "We have found intense 2.6 mm line radiation 2 from nine Galactic sources which we attribute to carbon monoxide." Soon afterward, several other basic molecules were also observed in space. IAU Symposium 170,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792342844
• ISBN13: 9780792342847
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 511 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"