Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1988
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988mnras.234..173h&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 234, Sept. 1, 1988, p. 173-176.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Brightness Distribution, Comet Nuclei, Halley'S Comet, Surface Properties, Giotto Mission, Magnitude
Scientific paper
The variation in the absolute magnitude of Halley's comet over the last
2000 yr can be explained in terms of a variation in the percentage of
the total area of the nucleus that is active. On average this percentage
is 3.4 but it has probably varied from as little as 0.76 to as high as
10.0.
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