P/Halley - The quintessential comet

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Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985sci...230.1229b&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 230, Dec. 13, 1985, p. 1229-1236.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Halley'S Comet, Research And Development, Astrometry, Comet Nuclei, European Space Agency, Light Curve, Spaceborne Astronomy, Comets, Halley, Short-Period Comets, Earth-Based Observations, Atmosphere, Comet Nuclei, Comae, Spacecraft Observations, Mission Description, Features, Characteristics, History, Description

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Two Soviet, two Japanese, one European, and one American spacecraft will encounter the short period orbit comet P/Halley in March of 1986. P/Halley is unique in predictably exhibiting the full range of cometary activity, such as atmospheric jets, halos, and dust and ion tails. Since October 16, 1982, P/Halley has been the subject of a series of intense imaging, photometric, spectrographic, and astrometric investigations; while the comet was approaching the sun between 11 and 7 AU, the data thus obtained are consistent with the presence of an irregularly shaped and possibly heterogeneous, friable, slowly rotating object that is a few km across and is composed of water ice, fine dust, and carbonaceous material.

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