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Very Small Dust Particles (VSDP’S) in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

Authors :
Fred Hoyle
N. C. Wickramasinghe
Source :
Astronomical Origins of Life ISBN: 9789401058629
Publication Year :
2000
Publisher :
Springer Netherlands, 2000.

Abstract

X-ray fluxes observed from comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) are readily explained in terms of scattering by carbonaceous particles with radii of several tens of Angstroms. A few tenths of a megatonne of such particles appear to have been present in the cometary coma on March 26-28, 1996.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Sunspot number
Scattering
Dust particles
Comet
Astronomy
Coma (optics)
Angstrom
Astrophysics

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ISBN :
978-94-010-5862-9
ISBNs :
9789401058629
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Astronomical Origins of Life ISBN: 9789401058629
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2aaef3904e4ce3dda1c0b3587735ab57

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