Shadow of the head of Comet Kohoutek

Details Shadow of the head of Comet Kohoutek Shadow of the head of Comet Kohoutek

Feb 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975natur.253..659b&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 253, Feb. 20, 1975, p. 659.

Physics

Astronomical Photography, Comet Heads, Kohoutek Comet, Shadows, Comet Tails, Interplanetary Dust, Photographic Plates, Plasma Dynamics

Scientific paper

An earlier reported shadow of the head of Comet Kohoutek (1973f) was not found in later photographs of the comet. However, linear dark areas were seen and are described as the space between the plasma and the dust tails. The discrepancy in earlier observations is attributed to low resolution in them. Observation of a shadow is also discounted in terms of cometary physics, due to low dust content and the weakness and curvature of the dust tail.

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