NASA NTRS · 19830032167
Radar detectability of comets
Abstract
Earth-based radar observations of comets are restricted to the detection of the nucleus since detection of an echo from the dust or from the plasma near a comet seems infeasible. The successful detection of the nucleus can provide information on its size, spin vector, surface-scattering properties, and orbit. Only P/Encke has so far been detected by radar, and that detection was marginal. At most, three other known comets could be detected by radar within the next five years.
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Kamoun, P. G., Pettengill, G. H., Shapiro, I. I.. 1982-01-01. Radar detectability of comets. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830032167
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