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Spectrophotometric study of comet Bradfield (1987s)

โœ Scribed by B. S. Rautela; B. B. Sanwal

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
236 KB
Volume
43
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-0794

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โœฆ Synopsis

Spectrophotometric observations of head of comet Bradfield (1987s) during three nights in 1987 are presented. An estimate of the CN, C,, and C, column densities and production rates have been made.

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