Optical observations of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) at large heliocentric distances before perihelion

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5308, 1997, Pages 1909-1912

  Rauer, Heike ^a   Arpigny, Claude ^b   Boehnhardt, Hermann ^c   Colas, François ^d   Crovisier, Jacques ^a   Jorda, Laurent ^e   Küppers, Michael ^e   Manfroid, Jean ^b   Rembor, Kai ^e   Thomas, Nicolas ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Bureau des Longitudes   (France)

^e MPI für Aeronomie ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ICE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DISSOCIATION; DUST; GAS; IMAGING; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM;

AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMIC DUST; GASES; ICE; METEOROIDS; NITRILES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

COMET HALE-BOPP; COMETARY DUST; ICE; OPTICAL IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBLIMATION;

EID: 0030620509     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1909     Document Type: Article

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