Modern pocket calculators allow the following formula to be solved quickly and easily: cos/ = sin 6t sin alt;J| + cos dj cos ... Since each half hour equals 15Ad, a tail pointed to 4:30 has a position angle of 225Ad. ... But when they extend several degrees or more and the earth does not lie near the cometa#39;s orbital plane, the dust tail will be noticeably curved. ... A gas tail is almost always a small fraction of this width, but a dust tail usually begins as a prolongation of the outer edges of the coma.
Title | : | The "Sky and telescope" guide to the heavens |
Author | : | Leif J. Robinson, Charles Scovil |
Publisher | : | - 1980 |
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