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In the history of planetary exploration, March 13th, 1986, was a red-letter day. This was the day a spacecraft visited a comet for the first time.
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(2007). The Day the Solar System Lost a Planet. In: Origins. Astronomers’ Universe Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-700-8_2
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