Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2): Spectacular disconnection event and the latitudinal structure of the solar wind

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 313-323

  Snow, M ^a   Brandt, J C ^b   Yi, Y ^c,d   Petersen, C C ^a,e   Mikuz, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Crni Vrh Observatory   (Slovenia)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Loch Ness Productions   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Disconnection events; Plasma tail; Solar wind

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIOGRAPHS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMETS; PLASMA TAILS; SOLAR WINDS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1042288982     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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