Estimating the size of Hale-Bopp's nucleus

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 79, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 17-33

  Weaver, H A ^a   Lamy, P L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Comets; Imaging

Indexed keywords

COMET;

EID: 0031545874     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006220930046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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