SOHO/SWAN Observations of the Structure and Evolution of the Hydrogen Lyman-α Coma of Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Combi, M R ^a   Reinard, A A ^a   Bertaux, J L ^b   Quemerais, E ^b   Makinen T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Dynamics; Hale Bopp; Ultraviolet observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012667344     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6335     Document Type: Article

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