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Vega spacecraft encounters with comet Halley

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The spacecraft Vega 1 and Vega 2 encountered comet Halley on 6 and 9 March 1986. Their scientific payload comprised 14 instruments, which collected data concerning the comet's optical characteristics, dust emission, and neutral gas, plasma and electromagnetic field environment. The main features of the encounters are described and highlights of the first scientific results are presented.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Profsoyuznaya 84/32, 117810, Moscow, GSP-7, USSR

    R. Z. Sagdeev, A. A. Galeev, V. I. Moroz, V. D. Shapiro & V. I. Shevchenko

  2. Service d'Aéronomie CNRS, 91370, Verrières-le-Buisson, France

    J. Blamont

  3. Central Research Institute for Physics, PO Box 49, H-1525, Budapest, 114, Hungary

    K. Szegő

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Sagdeev, R., Blamont, J., Galeev, A. et al. Vega spacecraft encounters with comet Halley. Nature 321 (Suppl 6067), 259–262 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/321259a0

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