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In a cometary coma, various hydrogen compounds, especially water, that are photodissociated by solar UV radiation form a gigantic hydrogen cloud with a radius of several million kilometers around the cometary nucleus. These cometary hydrogen clouds have been observed by a number of spacecraft outside the terrestrial atmosphere and in interplanetary space. For instance, the hydrogen cloud of Comet Halley was a good target for the ultraviolet photometers and spectrometers on board the IUE, Suisei, Pioneer Venus, DE-1, and sounding rockets. Hydrogen cloud activity could be used as a good measure of cometary activity, but some problems remain to be explored in the future.

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