Water and Dust Production Rates in Comet P/Halley Derived from Ultraviolet and Optical Observations
Abstract
We evaluate whether the activity of comet P/Halley is due solely to the presence of discrete active areas. We preliminarily conclude that the dark areas of the nucleus contribute to the formation of the coma.
- Publication:
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991
- Pub Date:
- December 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992acm..proc..175F
- Keywords:
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- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Dust;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Ultraviolet Spectroscopy;
- Visual Observation;
- Water Vapor;
- Iue;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Visible Spectrum;
- Astrophysics