We report a new study of the nucleus of Comet 2P/Encke, which the CONTOUR spacecraft is scheduled to encounter in November 2003. During the comet's close approach to Earth in July 1997, we measured the mid-infrared thermal and optical scattered continua with data from the TIMMI instrument (imaging)
Physical properties of comets
✍ Scribed by Jürgen Rahe
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 627 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-1042
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