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Crossing a Comet's TailUlysses encounters Comet Hyakutake |
Image courtesy Particle Physics
& Astronomy Research Council and David
A. Hardy.
For a full-resolution version, please contact the PPARC press office. |
Here, we provide some information about the comet and the crossing of its tail by Ulysses.
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CometsWhat are they? |
Background information on the comet encountered by Ulysses. |
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The tail
crossing
How the tail crossing was found, and how the comet was identified. Includes an animation of the tail. |
Home page of the Imperial College magnetometer team.
Includes links to other sites. |
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The Space and Atmospheric Physics Group is part of the Physics Department of Imperial College, London. Ulysses work at Imperial College is funded by the United Kingdom Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council.