HST mid-ultraviolet spectroscopy of comet 46P/Wirtanen during its approach to perihelion in 1996-1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Stern, S Alan ^a   Parker, Joel Wm ^a   Festou, Michel C ^b   A'Hearn, Michael F ^c   Feldman, Paul D ^d   Schwehm, Gerhard ^e   Schulz, Rita ^e   Bertaux, Jean Loup ^f   Slater, David C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Comets: individual: Wirtanen; Ultraviolet: solar system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002908037     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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