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Physical Characteristics of Comets

A PDS4 version of this data set can be found here.

Status: ARCHIVED

Abstract: This dataset is a compilation of observational measurements on comet morphology and magnitude covering just over a thousand apparitions of various comets from -466 to 1975.

EAR-C-5-DDR-PCC-V1.0

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Citation to use when referencing this data set: "Vsekhsvyatskii, S. K., A.C. Raugh, and A'Hearn, M., Physical Characteristics of Comets, EAR-C-5-DDR-PCC-V1.0, NASA Planetary Data System, 1999."

DOI: 10.26007/9DTM-YM89

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