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A year ago the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory detected vast atmospheres of hydrogen around the two bright comets of 1970. In this article Professor Biermann describes some of the events leading up to the discovery.
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BIERMANN, L. Gaseous Atmospheres of Comets. Nature 230, 156–159 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230156a0
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