Published May 1986 | Version v1
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Cosmic expedition Vega: meeting with the Halley comet

Creators

  • 1. AN SSSR, Moscow. Inst. Kosmicheskikh Issledovanij

Description

Results of Halley comet research program performing by ''Vega-1'' and ''Vega-2'' automatic interplanetary system are presented in a popular form. Experimental gear of stations, methods for studying comets are briefly described; the first investigation results of the magnetic field and chemical composition of the comet nucleus and coma are presented

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Космическая экспедиция Вега: встреча с кометой Галлея

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Priroda (Moscow)
Journal Issue
no.5
Series
Priroda (Moscow).
ISSN
0032-874X
CODEN
PRIRA

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
USSR
INIS RN
18003745
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMETS; COSMIC DUST; IMAGES; ION DENSITY; IONS; MOLECULES; ORBITS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SOLAR WIND; TRAJECTORIES; VEGA SPACE PROBES; WATER VAPOR
Descriptors DEC
CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; DUSTS; FLUIDS; GASES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE VEHICLES; STELLAR ACTIVITY; STELLAR WINDS; VAPORS