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Eruptions of comet Hale-Bopp at 6.5 AU

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The prodigious output of dust and CO observed in comet Hale-Bopp at a heliocentric distance of 6.5 AU is strongly suggestive of high-pressure release of material from liquified subsurface domains rather than thermal evaporation from a sunlit patch of frozen CO.

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of Wales Cardiff, CF1 1XL, Cardiff

    N. C. Wickramasinghe

  2. 102 Admirals Walk, West Cliff Road, BH2 5HF, Bournemouth

    F. Hoyle

  3. School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales Cardiff, P.O. Box 915, CF1 3TL, Cardiff

    D. LLoyd

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Wickramasinghe, N.C., Hoyle, F. & LLoyd, D. Eruptions of comet Hale-Bopp at 6.5 AU. Astrophys Space Sci 240, 161–165 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00640204

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