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Mass Loss Rates of Three Comets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

P.D. Singh
Affiliation:
Inst. Astron⊚mico e Geofísico, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 9638, São Paulo, Brazil
W.F. Huebner
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Inst., 6220 Culebra Rd., San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
D.C. Boice
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Inst., 6220 Culebra Rd., San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
I. Konno
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Inst., 6220 Culebra Rd., San Antonio, TX 78228-0510, USA
E. Scalise Jr.
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astrophysics, INPE, Av. dos Astronautas, São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil

Abstract

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Emission features of C2, C3, CN, and dust in Comets Thiele (1985m), Hartley-Good (1985l), and Giacobini-Zinner (1984e) have been analyzed and their mass loss rates of about 0.5, 1.1, and 0.8 Mg s−1 have been determined.

Type
Solar System
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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