Three tails of comet Hale-Bopp

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Wilson, J K ^a,b   Baumgardner, J ^a   Mendillo, M ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ATOMS; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVATORIES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SODIUM;

COMET NUCLEUS; DUST TAILS; EXTENDED SOURCES; FILTER IMAGES; IMAGING DETECTIONS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; MULTI-WAVELENGTHS; SODIUM ATOM;

ATOMS; ASTROPHYSICS;

HALE BOPP COMET;

COMET HALE-BOPP; COMET TAIL;

EID: 0032004532     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03704     Document Type: Article

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