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Surface features on the nucleus of comet Halley

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Images taken by the Halley Multicolour Camera on board the ESA spacecraft Giotto during its fly-by of comet Halley in March 1986 have been improved by careful calibration and image processing methods. Surface features a few hundred metres in dimension are now visible. Several surface structures are presented in detail and briefly described.

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Keller, H., Kramm, R. & Thomas, N. Surface features on the nucleus of comet Halley. Nature 331, 227–231 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331227a0

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