The Nucleus of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2)

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-204

  Lisse, C M ^a   Fernandez Y R ^a   Kundu, A ^a   A'Hearn, M F ^a   Dayal, A ^b   Deutsch, L K ^c   Fazio, G G ^d   Hora, J L ^d   Hoffmann, W F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Boston University ^*  (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Infrared; Origin; Radio; Rotation; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002130942     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6131     Document Type: Article

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