The HCN molecule as a tracer of the nucleus rotation of comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Drahus, M ^a   Kuppers M ^a,b   Jarchow, C ^a   Paganini, L ^a   Hartogh, P ^a   Villanueva, G L ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Spain)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: individual: 73P C Schwassmann Wachmann 3; Submillimeter: planetary systems

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FRACTION; ARIZONA , USA; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COMETARY ACTIVITY; COMETS:INDIVIDUAL; EXPANSION VELOCITY; FAST ROTATION; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; LIGHT CURVES; LINE POSITIONS; PARENT BODIES; PHASE ANGLES; PRODUCTION RATES; RANDOM VARIATION; ROTATION PERIOD; SUBMILLIMETER: PLANETARY SYSTEMS; SUBMILLIMETERS; TEMPORAL COVERAGE; TIME-SCALES;

ASTRONOMY; CENTRIFUGATION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ROTATION;

EID: 79952820394     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/20078882     Document Type: Article

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