PROPERTIES OF COMET NUCLEI

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This data set presents tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of 'Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei' (Lamy et al., 2004), and includes references for the sources cited. The authors culled this data from published or well-known unpublished sources, and have indicated what they judge to be the most reliable value available.

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.ear-c-compil-5-comet-nuc-properties-v1.0_rnkb-3x38
issued	2021-05-21
landingPage	https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=EAR-C-COMPIL-5-COMET-NUC-PROPERTIES-V1.0
programCode	[ "026:005" ]
references	[ "https://pds.nasa.gov" ]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]