... Equipped with an on-board rocket and an ample supply of fuel, ISEE-3 was later moved to the Earth's distant tail and still later was sent to intercept Comet Giacobini-Zinner. ...
... About a comet hitting... a comet or meteorite may have been involved in creating the magnetism of Mars, which is very irregular and whose sources do not seem to be far below the surface. ...
... 1949--Britain puts the first jet airliner into service, the Comet. ... 3) explores the distant magnetotail, before heading for comet Giacobini-Zinner ... 1985--An "artificial comet" is produced by a cloud of barium ions, released by the ...
... In July 1994 Galileo was the only observer to obtain images of the far side of Jupiter when more than 20 fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 plunged into Jupiter's nightside atmosphere over a six-day interval. ...
... 1949--Britain puts the first jet airliner into service, the Comet. ... Russia's Vega 1 flies past Comet Halley, after dropping French balloon experiment on ... 1986,14 March---Europe's Giotto flies past Comet Halley. ...
... However, in the Earth's magnetosphere, currents also flow through space and modify this pattern: on the side facing the Sun, field lines are compressed earthward, while on the night side they are pulled out into a very long "tail," like that of a comet. ...
... Clark based his estimate on current knowledge about cratering rates, or the rate at which astronomical bodies are bombarded and scarred by hits from comets and asteroids. ...