Very Small Dust Particles (VSDP's) in Comet C/1996 b2 (hyakutake)
Abstract
X-ray fluxes observed from comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) are readily explained in terms of scattering by carbonaceous particles with radii of several tens of Angstroms. A few tenths of a megatonne of such particles appear to have been present in the cometary coma on March 26-28, 1996.
- Publication:
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Vindication of Cosmic Biology: Tribute to Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)
- Pub Date:
- 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814675260_0033
- Bibcode:
- 2015vcb..book..397W