Title of article :
Radar observations of 8P/Tuttle: A contact-binary comet
Author/Authors :
Harmon، نويسنده , , John K. and Nolan، نويسنده , , Michael C. and Giorgini، نويسنده , , Jon D. and Howell، نويسنده , , Ellen S.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2010
Abstract :
Arecibo radar imagery of Comet 8P/Tuttle reveals a 10-km-long nucleus with a highly bifurcated shape consistent with a contact binary. A separate echo component was also detected from large (>cm-size), slow-moving grains of the type expected to contribute to the Ursid meteor stream.
Keywords :
comets , comets , Nucleus , Radar observations
