Imaging polarimetry of comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) at the perigee

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-540

  Tozzi, G P ^a   Cimatti, A ^a   Di Serego Alighieri, S ^a   Cellino, A ^b  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000592067     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(96)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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