Origin of the dust component of comet Halley.
Abstract
Measurements with the PUMA dust-impact mass spectrometer indicate that most of the dust particles of Comet Halley contained organic compounds. This paper presents arguments in support of the interstellar origin of these particles.
- Publication:
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Kosmicheskie Issledovaniia
- Pub Date:
- March 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989KosIs..27..280M
- Keywords:
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- Halley'S Comet;
- Interplanetary Dust;
- Mass Spectroscopy;
- Organic Compounds;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Metal Particles;
- Particle Collisions;
- Particle Production;
- Astrophysics;
- Cometary Dust;
- Comet 1986 III Halley