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    Cometary knots, also referred as globules, are structures observed in several nearby planetary nebulae (PNe), including the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), the...
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    Helix Nebula (section Knots)
    nebula. The rotational-vibrational temperature ranges from 1,800 K in a cometary knot located in the inner region of the nebula are about 2.5'(arcmin) from...
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  • software Cometary knots in planetary nebulae Knott (disambiguation) Celtic knot, a decorative graphic representation of a knot Gordian Knot, a very complex...
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    Emerson Barnard, who described it as "a new and comparatively bright round cometary nebula close south and following Merope (23 Tau) ... about 30" in diameter...
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    the star condense at about 85 R☉ from the surface, and are visible as cometary knots when they lie to side of the star. There is also a 2 M☉ shell about...
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    M.J. & Zheng, J.Q. (2001). "Periodic variation of Oort Cloud flux and cometary impacts on the Earth and Jupiter". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
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    came within 4 million km (2.5 million mi) of Venus, the closest-known cometary approach to Venus. The comet was discovered by G. J. Leonard at the Mount...
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    icq.eps.harvard.edu. November 17, 2013. Richter, N. (January 1960). "II Cometary physics and the comets Arend-Roland and Mrkos". Vistas in Astronomy. 3...
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    Cassini-Huygens, p. 10 David Jewitt (2002). "From Kuiper Belt Object to Cometary Nucleus: The Missing Ultrared Matter". The Astronomical Journal. 123 (2):...
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