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A Tail-Wagging Event in Comet AustinOn the morning of 21 May 1990, a sequence of images of Comet Austin was obtained in the light of H2O+. The filter was centered at 602.5 nm with FWHM of 5.0 nm. At least two waves were followed out through the main ion tail structure. During the course of the observations, 2.5 hours, two new tail rays were seen to form and undergo similar wave motion. Several condensations, possibly representing disconnected material, were seen to develop and move out along the tail ray with a velocity of about 60 km/sec.
Document ID
19910011725
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Daniel A Klinglesmith (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Malcolm B Niedner (Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Ronald J Oliversen ORCID(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
David Westpfahl ORCID(New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
June 15, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Workshop on Observations of Recent Comets (1990)
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-188960
Meeting Information
Meeting: Workshop on Observations of Recent Comets
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Country: US
Start Date: June 15, 1990
End Date: June 16, 1990
Sponsors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Accession Number
91N21038
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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