Colour, albedo and nucleus size of Halley's comet

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May 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985natur.315..122c&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 315, May 9, 1985, p. 122-124.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Albedo, Astronomical Photometry, Color, Comet Nuclei, Infrared Astronomy, Asteroids, Broadband, Comets, Halley, Color, Albedo, Nucleus, Size, Photometry, D Asteroids, Comparisons, Surface, Optical Properties, Characteristics

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Halley's comet (1982i) is now bright enough for broadband photometry by large infrared telescopes. The authors report here on photometry of the comet in BVJK broadband filters during a time when the coma was very weak and presumed to contribute negligibly to the broadband photometry. The V-J and J-K colours suggest that the colour of the nucleus of Halley's comet is similar to that of the D-type asteroids, which in turn suggests that the surface of the nucleus is of albedo <0.1.

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