[Kstars-devel] [X-POST] Question about Coma Diameters of Comets

Akarsh Simha akarshsimha at gmail.com
Fri Feb 13 14:33:55 CET 2009


> > Could someone provide me with an approximate relation that gives an
> > estimate for the diameter of a comet's coma?
> try this one from guide:
> http://www.projectpluto.com/update7b.htm#comet_tail_formula
> hth

Thanks Jeamy.

I've put in the formulae into KStars. They seem to be giving
reasonable estimates.

Regards
Akarsh


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