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X-ray fluxes observed from comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) are readily explained in terms of scattering by carbonaceous particles with radii of several tens of Angstroms. A few tenths of a megatonne of such particles appear to have been present in the cometary coma on March 26–28 1996.
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Wickramasinghe, N.C., Hoyle, F. Very small dust particles (VSDP's) in comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). Astrophys Space Sci 239, 121–123 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00653772
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