A McDonald Observatory Study of Comet 19
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Tony L. Farnham; Anita L. Cochran
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We present imaging and spectroscopic data on Comet 19P/ Borrelly that were obtained around the time of the Deep Space 1 encounter and in subsequent months. In the four months after perihelion, the comet showed a strong primary (sunward) jet that is aligned with the nucleus' spin axis. A weaker secon