Comets necessarily obey the same physical laws as every other object. ... If one considers only two bodies -- either the Sun and a planet, or the Sun and a comet -- the smaller body appears to follow an elliptical path or orbit about the Sun, which is at one focus of the ellipse. ... Another quantity that is conserved is called angular momentum. ... Comets simply are bodies which in general have more angular momentum per unit mass than do planets and therefore move in more elongated orbits. ...

... Electric field is a potential heat source for ionospheric particles (Rees, 1989). It is due to the fact that, under the action of an electric field, charged particles drift relative to one another and relative to neutral particles. ... This is called frictional heating. ... However, the effect of frictional/Joule heating of neutrals in the auroral electrojet region can lead to upward neutral wind in a region of high electron densities and strong electric fields (Winser et. al., ...

... Future seminars . P a s t seminars . ... Chizhevsky Air Ions: Mechanism of Biologic Action and their Natural Sources " . ... Ubiquitous biologic functions of Chizhevsky air ions (light negative air ions). ... Hypothesis of the free-radical action of biologic effects of Chizhevsky air ions and other relevant reactive oxygen species ROS). The role of water and humid air is ROS generation, in particular of air ions generation and in maintenance of humid air in an excited state. ...

Cosmic Research, Vol. 42, No. 5, 2004, pp. 435­488. Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 42, No. 5, 2004, pp. 453­508. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Veselovsky, Panasyuk, Avdyushin, Bazilevskaya, Belov, Bogachev, Bogod, Bogomolov, Bothmer, Boyarchuk, Vashenyuk, Vlasov, Gnezdilov, Gorgutsa, Grechnev, Denisov, Dmitriev, Dryer, Yermolaev, Eroshenko, Zherebtsov, Zhitnik, Zhukov, Zastenker, Zelenyi, Zeldovich, Ivanov-Kholodnyi, Ignat'ev, Ishkov, Kolomiytsev, Krasheninnikov, Kudela,