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May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003icar..163..142l&link_type=abstract
Icarus, Volume 163, Issue 1, p. 142-149.
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Comet 2P/Encke was observed with the SOHO/LASCO C2 and C3 coronagraphs over a time interval of 11 days, starting 4 days before its September 2000 perihelion passage and through several broadband visible filters. The lightcurve reveals an outburst which started 4.9 days after perihelion, with the brightness of the coma increasing by 1.5 mag in just a few hours and progressively decreasing thereafter, probably going back to its original state in about 9 days. The color information indicates that an approximately solar color continuum was detected, implying that the observed signals were dominated by solar light scattered off submillimetric dust grains. We propose that the rapid migration of the subsolar point over the southern hemisphere during the perihelion passage activates one or several new active regions enriched in submillimetric grains, with the observed outburst corresponding to the initial blow-off of their mantle. This scenario is consistent with other observations and implies that the south polar region of the nucleus of 2P/Encke has very distinct properties.
Biesecker Doug A.
Groussin Olivier
Lamy Philippe
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