The magnitude distribution, perihelion distribution and flux of long-period comets

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 515-523

  Hughes, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comets: general

Indexed keywords

COMETS;

COMETS: GENERAL; DISTRIBUTION INDEX; HISTORICAL DATA; LONG-PERIOD COMETS; MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MASS DISTRIBUTION; ON ORBIT; ORBITALS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0005932850     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04544.x     Document Type: Article

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