... coma of the point of maximum brightness in which the comet's nucleus is imbedded may be perceived by a comparison between Photos 24A and 24C. At the distance of the comet, 1 arcminute corresponds to a projected distance of about 270,000 kilometres, and ...
... coma of the point of maximum brightness in which the comet's nucleus is imbedded may be perceived by a comparison between Photos 24A and 24C. At the distance of the comet, 1 arcminute corresponds to a projected distance of about 270,000 kilometres, and ...
... coma of the point of maximum brightness in which the comet's nucleus is imbedded may be perceived by a comparison between Photos 24A and 24C. At the distance of the comet, 1 arcminute corresponds to a projected distance of about 270,000 kilometres, and ...
... European . Southern . Observatory . Imaging of the central coma of Comet McNaught. ... processed image of the dust in the inner coma, showing a sunward plume and the dust ... Type: . Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma . Category: . ...
... The horizontal line corresponds to the nearly continuous emission from the brightest point in the coma; it represents to a large extent the sunlight reflected off the material in the coma. ...
... developed cloud of gas and dust (the coma) around the cometary nucleus (the 'dirty ... The coma of the comet is still much larger and extends far beyond the border of this ... Type: . Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma . Category: . ...
... Left: Smoothed picture with 6 light levels, in order to show the 23-mag cometary nucleus in the asymmetric, inner coma and also the much larger, elongated outer coma. ...