A Model of the 2-MICRON to 4-MICRON Spectrum of Comet Halley
Abstract
Recent observations of Halley's Comet show a broad absorption band centred at 3.4 Μm and which can be explained on the basis of a bacterial grain model.
- Publication:
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Earth Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- November 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00055167
- Bibcode:
- 1986EM&P...36..295W
- Keywords:
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- Absorption Spectra;
- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Microwave Spectra;
- Astronomical Models;
- Bacteria;
- Emission Spectra;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Astrophysics