Published November 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Detection of dust particles in the coma of Halley's Comet by the Foton detector

Description

The first results of direct measurements of the characteristics of dust particles with mass m of greater than 10 to the -9th g by the Foton detector, carried on the VEGA 1 and VEGA 2 space vehicles, are reported. The nature of the changes in the dust flux along the trajectory of the space probe is reported. The mass distribution of the dust particles is also reported. 7 references

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
44
Series
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
615-618
ISSN
0021-3640
CODEN
JTPLA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18096971
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
COSMIC DUST; FLUX QUANTIZATION; HALLEY COMET; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; MASS DISTRIBUTION; VEGA SPACE PROBES
Descriptors DEC
COMETS; DISTRIBUTION; DUSTS; SPACE; SPACE VEHICLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Pis'ma v Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki (USSR).