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Possible contributions of space experiments to cometary physics
Swings, Polydore
1962In SAO Special Report, 111, p. 1-20
 

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Abstract :
[en] Possible space experiments for observing the geometric, spectroscopic, and photometric behavior of comets are described. These experiments are proposed beacause an interpretation of cometary data may yield essential data on the formation and evolution of the solar system and the nature of interplanetary space. The various ways of obtaining significant planetary data are examined. These include the use of: (1) far ultraviolet observations by orbiting astronomical observatories; (2) artificial gaseous comets formed by high-altitude release of gases such as NH[SUB]3[/SUB]; (3) orbiting artificial cometary nuclei such as blocks of CO[SUB]2[/SUB] or NH[SUB]3[/SUB] ice, perhaps with an addition of meteoric material; and (4) fly-by p probes of a comet such as Encke's periodic comet. The significance of the data that would be obtained by each of these methods is predicted.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Swings, Polydore ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut d'Astrophysique
Language :
English
Title :
Possible contributions of space experiments to cometary physics
Publication date :
1962
Journal title :
SAO Special Report
ISSN :
0081-0320
Publisher :
Smithsonian Institution, Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, United States - Massachusetts
Volume :
111
Pages :
1-20
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