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    • PROPERTIES OF COMET NUCLEI

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    This data set presents tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of 'Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei' (Lamy et al., 2004), and includes references for the sources cited. The authors culled this data from published or well-known unpublished sources, and have indicated what they judge to be the most reliable value available.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.ear-c-compil-5-comet-nuc-properties-v1.0_4ns8-y7gy
    Data First Published 2018-06-26
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=EAR-C-COMPIL-5-COMET-NUC-PROPERTIES-V1.0
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
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    Source Hash 5f434d117f329fa001186c97f2e5a6526dd20468bcd40d61cba14fb267835128
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