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The Comet Halley Dust and Gas Environment

Keller, H. U.; Gombosi, T. I.; Sekanina, Z. +8 more

Quantitative descriptions of environments near the nucleus of comet P/Halley have been developed to support spacecraft and mission design for the flyby encounters in March, 1986. To summarize these models as they exist just before the encounters, we review the relevant data from prior Halley apparitions and from recent cometary research. Orbital e…