... comet was reported as most unusual; the object appeared as a dense, linear bar about ... making up the trails and tails, suggests that the original comet must have been at ...
... Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 was the ninth short-periodic comet discovered by Eugene and ... observations of the comet, astronmers determined that the comet had passed within 96 ...
... flyby of Comet P/Honda-Mrhos-Pajdusakova on February 3, 1996 at about 21.00 GMT (approaching the nucleus along the tail) some 0.17 AU from the Sun , and a 14-million-kilometer (8.7-million-mile) passage of Comet P/Giacobini-Zinner on November 29, 1998 ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...