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Oct 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981motc.conf..191w&link_type=abstract
In JPL Mod. Observational Tech. for Comets p 191-207 (SEE N82-13989 04-89)
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Astronomical Photography, Axes Of Rotation, Comet Nuclei, Halos, Visual Observation, Magnitude, Particle Size Distribution, Sky Brightness
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The prevalent non-gravitational motions among comets demonstrate that the sublimination does not reach a maximum at the instant of maximum insolation on the nucleus. The occurrence of halos or "parabolic" envelopes in the comae of some comets and of jets, rays, fans, streamers and similar phenomena very near the nucleus in the brightest comets demonstrates that the sublimation process is not uniform over the nuclei. In other words, the nuclei of many comets contain relatively small active regions which provide much or most of the sublimation when these areas are turned toward the Sun. The period of rotation can be determind by measurement of the diameters of the halos or of the latus recta of the "parabolic" envelopes, if the expansion velocities are averaged from observations as a function of solar distance. Experience from analyses of some 80 well observed comets shows that the nuclei are "spotted" for more than a third of all comets, regardless of the "age" as measured by the original inverse semimajor axis including correction for planetary perturbations.
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