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Paolo
The special issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics on the first results from Herschel is now available, with hundreds of papers freely accessible!
http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_...s/contents.html
dilo
Grazie Paolo! smile.gif
Paolo
according to Herschel's twitter (ESAHerschel) they will observe comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova on Aug 15/16. This small, short period comet has always fascinated me since it was to be flown by "tail first" by Sakigake. Too bad contact with the probe was lost before sad.gif
Paolo
from Herschel's twitter:

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Quick look analysis of the Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova observations by Herschel is revealing some wonderful data.


can't wait for publication...
Paolo
just published in Nature: Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2
and this is ESA's release http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMER89U7TG_index_0.html
this is one of the most amazing solar system discoveries of 2011!
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