Intrinsic brightness of comet Ikeya 1963 a
Intrinsic brightness of comet Ikeya in comparison with nearby stars
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Intrinsic brightness of comet Ikeya in comparison with nearby stars
Visual observations of intrinsic brightness of comet Alcock
Interplanetary gas and solar wind plasma velocities from orientations of ionic comet tails
Scientific objectives and experiments for comet mission
Optimal linear estimation of comet orbit for spacecraft intercept mission
Meteor orbit distribution compared with comet and asteroid orbit distribution
Data interpretation for sun grazing family of comets deriving formulas for compressive and tensile stress in spherical bodies for tidal, rotational and self-gravitating fields
Cometary dust studied by analysis of scattered sunlight in heads and tails of comets
Comet mission study using space probes boosted by Atlas Agena and Atlas Centaur launch vehicles for interception from 1967 to 1975
The NASA Discovery STARDUST Mission will fly by comet P/Wild 2 in January 2004 and return cometary dust particles to earth in January 2006.
In situ analysis of a cometary nucleus and return of a sample are high priority scientific goals. Rendezvous and sample return trajectories to comets using low-thrust ion propulsion are presented.
The temporal distribution of the Kreutz group of sungrazing comets has been known to have an episodic character on timescales from weeks to tens of years.
Extensive observations of comet Hale-Bopp from the ground and space have considerably expanded our knowledge of cometary dust.
Odyssey is an exciting comet nucleus orbiter mission submitted to the Discovery 2000 Annoucement of Opportunity.
Comets occasionally give a dazzling light displays in the night sky, but they may also help us to understand the chemical processes that led to our existence on Earth.
Target Selection: emphasis on diversity and unique objects. Flybys of three comets.
Silicates in comets appear to be a mix of high-temperature crystalline enstatite and forsterite plus glassy or amorphous grains that formed at lower temperatures.
Using the available observations in 1699, 1865-66, and 1965, and orbit has been re-computed for periodic comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, the parent body of the Leonid Meteors.