The Inner Coma and Nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp: Results from a Stellar Occultation

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 205-220

  Fernández, Yanga R ^a   Wellnitz, Dennis D ^a   Buie, Marc W ^b   Dunham, Edward W ^b   Millis, Robert L ^b   Nye, Ralph A ^b   Stansberry, John A ^b   Wasserman, Lawrence H ^b   A'Hearn, Michael F ^a   Lisse, Carey M ^a   Golden, Meg E ^c   Person, Michael J ^c   Howell, Robert R ^d   Marcialis, Robert L ^e   Spitale, Joseph N ^e  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Hale Bopp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041448554     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6127     Document Type: Article

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