The discovery of dust trails in the orbits of periodic comets

Details The discovery of dust trails in the orbits of periodic comets The discovery of dust trails in the orbits of periodic comets

May 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986sci...232.1115s&link_type=abstract

Science (ISSN 0036-8075), vol. 232, May 30, 1986, p. 1115-1117.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

104

Comets, Interplanetary Dust, Encke Comet, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Tempel 2 Comet

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Analysis of data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite has yielded evidence for narrow trails of dust coincident with the orbits of periodic comets Tempel 2, Encke, and Gunn. Dust was found both ahead of and behind the orbital positions of these comets. This dust was produced by the low-velocity ejection of large particles during perihelion passage. More than 100 additional dust trails are suggested by the data, almost all near the detection limits of the satellite. Many of these dust trails may be derived from previously unobserved comets.

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