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X-rays from comets - a surprising discovery

<!--HTML-->Comets are kilometre-size aggregates of ice and dust, which remained from the formation of the solar system. It was not obvious to expect X-ray emission from such objects. Nevertheless, when comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) was observed with the ROSAT X-ray satellite during its close app...

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Autor principal: CERN. Geneva
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: CERN 2000
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1115632