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Ion morphology in the inner tail of Comet P/Halley
- Source :
- ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas
- Publication Year :
- 1986
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1986.
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Abstract
- Comet Halley CCD images taken in the light of CO(+) and H2O(+) were analyzed. Most of the ionic emission originates in a diffuse component on which the ion ray structure appears to be superimposed. On average, the peak enhancement in the CO(+) rays is 20% over the adjacent minima, where the emission is due to the underlying component. The H2O(+):CO(+) ratio varies by as much as 30% from ray to ray.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Journal :
- ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas
- Notes :
- NSG-7322, , NST INT-85-14707
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19870015796
- Document Type :
- Report