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Investigation of the phenomenon of the big comet of 1858 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Various aspects of the large comet of 1858 including the luminosity of the core and the shape, intensity and position of the tail with respect to the sun and stars are described and then compared with the large comet of 1744 described by Heinsius and ...
Pape, C. F.
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Peeking At Halley'S

open access: yes, 1985
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Just in time to view Halley's comet, the Kirkpatrick Planetarium has acquired a telescope that officials say allows the best view of the comet in Oklahoma.
Wilson, George R.
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Scientific rationale and strategies for a first comet mission. Report of the Comet Halley science working group. An executive summary [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
The justification, scientific objectives, instrumentation, and strategy for a first comet mission are discussed. Topics include: mission target; rendezous, propulsion system requirements, measurement objectives, instrument capabilities for rendezvous ...

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Report of the Comet Science Working Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Scientific objectives and mission strategies for a flyby of Halley's comet and rendezvous with Tempel-2 are discussed. Instrumentation to be carried by both the rendezvous spacecraft and the coma probe payload are listed.

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The dynamical history of comet Halley [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1985
AbstractThe history of the attempts to predict the motion of comet Halley is outlined and the importance of the so-called nongravitational forces acting upon this comet is emphasized. Recent orbital work of the International Halley Watch Astrometry Network is reviewed. Comet Halley’s transverse nongravitational parameter is positive and nearly constant
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The comet in the cloud

open access: yes, 1896
This document contains the words to the song The comet in the cloud, "as sung by Mr. John Burke, at the B.I.S. [Benevolent Irish Society] Smoking Concert, March 18, 1896." (p.[1]) to the tune of the air, That water melon.Includes advertisements.
Burke, Johnny, 1851-1930
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Rigge v. Dean exchange on Halley’s Comet and Pope Callixtus III

open access: yes, 1908
The Rigge v. Dean exchanges were a series of articles between Fr. William Rigge, S.J. and John Dean debating the historicity of the stories surrounding Pope Calixtus III and Halley's Comet that appeared in Popular Astronomy from 1908 - 1910.
Dean, John Candace   +1 more
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Stochastic modeling for the COMET-assay [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
We present a stochastic model for single cell gel electrophoresis (COMET-assay) data. Essential is the use of point process structures, renewal theory and reduction to intensity histograms for further data ...
Hösel, V.   +4 more
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88th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2026: Abstracts

open access: yes
Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue S1, Page S48-S551, August 2026.
wiley   +1 more source

Plasma-tail activity and the interplanetary medium at Halley's Comet during Armada Week: 6-14 March 1986 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
The encounters of five spacecraft with Halley's Comet during 6-14 March 1986 offered a unique opportunity to calibrate the solar-wind interaction with cometary plasmas as recorded by remote wide-field and narrow-field/narrowband imaging.
Mcintosh, Patrick S.   +4 more
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