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X-ray fluxes observed from comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) are readily explained in terms of scattering by carbonaceous particles with radii of several tens of Angstroms. A few tenths of a megatonne of such particles appear to have been present in the cometary coma on March 26-28, 1996.
1996, Astrophys. Space Sci. 239, 121-123
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Wickramasinghe, N.C., Hoyle, F. (2000). Very Small Dust Particles (VSDP’S) in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). In: Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N.C. (eds) Astronomical Origins of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4297-7_41
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