The GRE radio science experiment during the flight of Giotto through Comet Grigg-Skjellerup
Abstract
The flight of the Giotto space sonde through the coma of Comet Grigg-Skjellerup is described. Preliminary measurement results and first interpretations are presented. Comparisons are made with the results of Giotto's flight through the coma of Comet Halley.
- Publication:
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Kleinheubacher Berichte
- Pub Date:
- 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993KlBer..36..521P
- Keywords:
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- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Giotto Mission;
- Grigg-Skjellerup Comet;
- Radio Astronomy;
- Doppler Effect;
- Halley'S Comet;
- Wave Propagation;
- Astrophysics