Polarimetric Observations of Comets C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp and C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 203-219

  Manset, N ^a,b   Bastien, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Hale Bopp; Hyakutake; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001287911     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6315     Document Type: Article

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