Engineering topics

Mukhin, Lev M.

Publications and source records attributed to Mukhin, Lev M..

2 records

NASA NTRS1991

The role of impacting processes in the chemical evolution of the atmosphere of primordial Earth

The role of impacting processes in the chemical evolution of the atmosphere of primordial Earth is discussed. The following subject areas are covered: (1) Earth's initial atmosphere; (2) continuous degassing; (3) impact processes and the Earth's protoatmosphere; and (4) the evolution of an impact-generated atmosphere.

Mukhin, Lev M.↗

NASA NTRS1991

The Oort cloud

Views of the large-scale structure of the solar system, consisting of the Sun, the nine planets and their satellites, changed when Oort demonstrated that a gigantic cloud of comets (the Oort cloud) is located on the periphery of the solar system. The following subject areas are covered: (1) the Oort cloud's mass; (2) Hill's cloud mass; (3) angular momentum distribution in the solar system; and (4) the cometary cloud around other stars.

Marochnik, Leonid S.↗