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On the Anti-Tail of Comet Bradfield (1987XXIX)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Hiroki Akisawa
Affiliation:
8-13-607, Shiroyama 3-chome, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 250Japan
Takuma Oka
Affiliation:
8-13-607, Shiroyama 3-chome, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 250Japan
Ken Sugawara
Affiliation:
8-13-607, Shiroyama 3-chome, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 250Japan

Abstract

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The anti-tail of comet Bradfield 1987XXIX (= 1987s) was observed when the earth passed through the orbital plane of this comet on December 20, 1987. The time variation of this phenomenon was monitored continuously by Japanese amateur astronomers. Analyzing these photographs by using the Bessel-Bredkhin theory, we deal with the dust particles in the anti-tail.

Type
Cometary Dust: Observations and Evolution
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991