Sungrazing comets observed by the Solar Maximum Mission coronagraph

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Mar 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...90...96m&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 90, March 1991, p. 96-106. Research supported by NASA and NSF.

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Comets, Coronagraphs, Orbital Mechanics, Solar Maximum Mission, Celestial Mechanics, Comet Tails, Solar Orbits, Comets, Sun-Grazers, Satellite Observations, Brightness, Distance, Magnitude, Coronas, Motion, Comet Tails, Classification, Sm Mission, Orbits, Coronograph Instrument, Comet Nuclei, Physical Properties, Imagery, Diagrams, Comae, Tidal Effects, Compression, Pressure, Sublimation, Solwind Instrument, Earth-Based Observations

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The 10 sun-grazing comets (all members of the Kreutz group) detected by the white-light coronagraph of the SMM satellite during its 6-year operational lifetime are described. Numerical data are summarized in tables, and images are provided. Consideration is given to the question of detectability, apparent motions and orbits, coma brightness variations, tail behavior, and occurrence rates. The data are shown to confirm the episodic nature of sun-grazing events, as suggested by Marsden (1967).

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