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Science 9 February 1973:
Vol. 179. no. 4073, pp. 565 - 567
DOI: 10.1126/science.179.4073.565
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Comet Bennett 1970 II

Z. Sekanina 1 and F. D. Miller 2

1 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
2 Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104

The model for dust comets, formulated by Finson and Probstein, which had previously been tested only on Comet Arend-Roland 1957 III, has been successfully applied to three calibrated photographic plates of Comet Bennett. The size distribution, emission rate, and initial velocities of dust particles emitted from the comet's nucleus are given.

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