Astronomical School’s Report, 2004, Volume 5, Issue 1-2, Pages 107–110

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UDC UDC 523.59

Peculiarity of solar radiation scattering by dust in the head of comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner in 1985

Churyumov K.I.1, Kravtsov F.I.1, Chubko L.S.1, Melnik O.K.2

1Kyiv National Shevchenko University
2The high school №295 of Kyiv

Abstract

On the basis of the polarimetric observations of comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner the average radius of the dust particles ρ0 ≈ 8.5·10−6 cm, mass and average concentration of dust in the head of comet 21P were estimated.

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