La cometa 2001 A2 (LINEAR)

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May 2002

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Astronomia. La rivista dell'Unione Astrofili Italiani (ISSN 0392-2308), N. 3, p. 21 - 24 (maggio-giugno 2002)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Comets: Observations

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The Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) was expected as a relatively faint object for early summer 2001, but in March an outburst increased its brightness by more than 5 magnitudes with the development both of a diffuse coma and of a plasma tail. A dust tail was really evident only after perihelion. The comet was observed actively by the northern hemisphere before and after the perihelion passage, while in the southern hemisphere it was an easy naked eye object around the epoch of the perihelion passage. The behaviour of the light curve is dominated by the presence of several outbursts that are also related to the partial fragmentation of the nucleus. This had a strong influence in the development end extension of the coma and the tail. A relevant jet activity, documented by several observers,was detected within the coma in July.

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