Direct Detection of Extra-Solar Comets is Possible
Paper: astro-ph/0505484
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 00:43:43 GMT (23kb)
Title: Direct Detection of Extra-Solar Comets is Possible
Authors: M. Jura
Comments: 17 pages, 4 figures, AJ, in press
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The dust tails of comets similar to Hale-Bopp can scatter as much optical
light as does the Earth. Space-based observatories such as the Terrestrial
Planet Finder or Darwin that will detect extra-solar terrestrial planets also
will be able to detect extra-solar comets.
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