Photometric behavior of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) before perihelion

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5308, 1997, Pages 1913-1915

  Schleicher, David G ^a   Lederer, Susan M ^b   Millis, Robert L ^a   Farnham, Tony L ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROXYL GROUP; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DUST; GAS; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARBON; COSMIC DUST; CYANIDES; GASES; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METEOROIDS; WATER;

COMET HALE-BOPP; COMETARY DUST; COMETARY NUCLEUS; PHOTOMETRIC BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030620511     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1913     Document Type: Article

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