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Science 18 April 1986:
Vol. 232. no. 4748, pp. 353 - 356
DOI: 10.1126/science.232.4748.353
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The International Cometary Explorer Mission to Comet Giacobini-Zinner

TYCHO T. VON ROSENVINGE 1, JOHN C. BRANDT 2, and ROBERT W. FARQUHAR 3

1 Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
2 Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
3 Flight Dynamics Division, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.

The International Cometary Explorer (ICE) became the first spacecraft ever to encounter a comet when it passed through the tail of comet Giacobini-Zinner. An overview of this encounter is presented, including highlights of the results.

Submitted on January 7, 1986
Accepted on January 13, 1986


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