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The Population of Small Comets: Optimum Techniques for DetectionThe goals of this project were: (1) to present evidence to the scientific community for the importance of the small comet population and (2) to develop techniques for optimum detection in order to characterize the population. The work has been carried out by D. Schleicher (Lowell Observatory), M. A'Hearn and Y. Fernandez (University of Maryland), I.A.F. Stewart, C. Randall, and J. Brandt (University of Colorado).
Document ID
19990026088
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Schleicher, D.
(Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ United States)
AHearn, M.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD United States)
Stewart, I. A. F.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO United States)
Randall, C.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO United States)
Brandt, J.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
November 19, 1999
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGw-4579
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT5-4561
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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