Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Photometry of Comet Kohoutek (1973f)

Nature volume 248, pages 737–740 (1974)Cite this article

Abstract

Extensive photoelectric and infrared photometry of Comet Kohoutek (1973f) shows that its nucleus is 10 to 15 km in diameter and that the comet contains relatively little dust, and provides new information about the nature of cometary dust grains.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Johnson, H. L., Commun. Lun. planet. Lab., 3, 73–78 (1965).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Johnson, H. L., Astrophys. J., 141, 923–942 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Low, F. J., Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, TR-73-0371, (1973).

  4. Swings, P., Advances in Space Sciences and Technology, 7, (edit. by Ordway) 393–435 (Academic Press, 1965).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Becklin, E. E., and Westphal, J. A., Astrophys. J., 145, 445–453 (1965).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. Westphal, J. A., in Comets: Scientific Data and Missions, (edit. by Kuiper and Roemer) 23–31 (NASA, 1972).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Maas, R. W., Ney, E. P., and Woolf, N. F., Astrophys. J. Lett., 160, L101–L104 (1970).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Roemer, E., Con. Coll. Liege, 37, 23–28 (1966).

    Google Scholar 

  9. Kleinmann, D. E., Lee, T. A., Low, F. J., and O'Dell, C. R., Astrophys. J., 165, 633–636 (1971).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Sekanina, Z., Astr. Lett., 14, 175–180 (1973).

    ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. O'Dell, C. R., Astrophys. J., 166, 675–687 (1971).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Ney, E. P., and Hefele, IAU Circ., 2614 (1973).

  13. Ney, E. P., and Ney, W. F., IAU Circ. 2616 (1974).

  14. Krishna Swamy, K. S., and Donn, B., Astrophys. J., 153, 291–300 (1968).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721

    G. H. Rieke & T. A. Lee

Authors
  1. G. H. Rieke
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. T. A. Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rieke, G., Lee, T. Photometry of Comet Kohoutek (1973f). Nature 248, 737–740 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248737a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/248737a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing