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3.4 Optical Properties of Cometary Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. Hayakawa ,
T. Matsumoto  and
T. Ono
S. Hayakawa
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
T. Matsumoto
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
T. Ono
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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Optical features of comets suggest that the dust in the coma is composed of a micron size core and a mantle formed by an aggregate of submicron grains.

Type
3 Cometary Dust
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 323 - 327
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976

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