Abstract
Recent claims of small icy comets disintegrating in the high atmosphere point to a component of comets in the form of loose aggregates of dust. This could be understood in terms of Lyttleton;'s theory of comet formation by accretion of interstellar grains.
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Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, C. Small Comets in the High Atmosphere. Astrophysics and Space Science 253, 13–17 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000412523886
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000412523886