The decay of short period comets
This thesis considers both the mass of dust released by short period comets and the size distribution of a decaying cometary population. The secular variation in the H 10 absolute magnitude of comets 2P /Encke, 4P /Paye, 6P /d'Arrest, 7P /Pons-Winnecke and lOP/Tempel 2 is investigated and it is...
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University of Sheffield
2000
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310651 |