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Nature of Dust Grains in the Atmosphere of Comet Ashbrook

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

O. V. Dobrovolsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, U.S.S.R.
N. N. Kiselev
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, U.S.S.R.
G. P. Chernova
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, U.S.S.R.
F. A. Tupieva
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, U.S.S.R.
N. V. Narizhnaja
Affiliation:
Institute of Astrophysics, Dushanbe, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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Anomalous polarization at small phase angles is confirmed as a common feature of dusty cometary atmospheres. The opposition effect is detected and interpreted as evidence of similarity between grains covering interplanetary, cometary and asteroidal surfaces. The prevailing radii of dust grains in the comet's atmosphere are estimated to be 0.15-0.19 μm.

Type
III: The Interplanetary Dust Complex 1. Sources, Evolution, and Dynamics
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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