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Interpretation of a glitch observed in the very small dust grain data at halley's comet: (Letter to the Editor)

Kissel, Jochen; Utterback, Nyle G.

In a previous article describing the cloud of attogram dust particles surrounding Comet Halley, the present authors noted a sharp break in the curve of signal amplitude (related to particle size) versus distance to the comet. Arguments were given which supported the explanation that the break was instrumental rather than due to a physical structur…