INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF ASTEROID DUST BANDS AND COMETARY DUST TRAILS (COLLISIONS, DEBRIS, SOLAR SYSTEM).

Analysis of data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) resulted in the discovery of bands of dust surrounding the inner solar system, consisting of asteroid collision debris (Low et al., 1984). Narrow trails of dust were also discovered tracking the orbits of a number of short-period comet...

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Main Author: SYKES, MARK VINCENT.
Other Authors: Hunter, Donald M.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1986
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183974