Publication Date:
2011-08-19
Description:
Comet Bowell (1982I) was observed at JHK (1.25, 1.68, 2.25 microns) with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on March 10, 1981, June 3-5, 1981, and February 22, 1982. The inner coma was no brighter near perihelion in February 1982 than it was in 1981. Total area x albedo of the grains within 10,000 km of the nucleus was about 5 x 10 to the 12th/sq cm.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035); 60; 445-448
Format:
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