The nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 01): Size and activity

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 89, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 3-25

  Fernández, Yanga R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Hale Bopp

Indexed keywords

COMET; HALE-BOPP; SIZE;

EID: 0036962726     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021545031431     Document Type: Article

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