Coma morphology and constraints on the rotation of comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1)

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Samarasinha, Nalin H ^a   Mueller, Béatrice E A ^a   Belton, Michael J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets Hale Bopp C 1995 O1; Morphology; Rotation; Shape

Indexed keywords

COMET;

EID: 0031291404     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006238914482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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