New spin period determination for comet 6P/d'Arrest

Details New spin period determination for comet 6P/d'Arrest New spin period determination for comet 6P/d'Arrest

Aug 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003a%26a...407l..37g&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.407, p.L37-L40 (2003)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Comets: Individual: 6P/D'Arrest

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A lightcurve of comet 6P/d'Arrest from R-band CCD images taken at La Palma 2.52 m NOT telescope is presented. The lightcurve shows noticeable periodic changes in brightness produced by rotational modulation. The periodogram analysis of the lightcurve shows a peak with a confidence level exceeding 99.9% at 3.336 h. Assuming an elongated nucleus, the most likely spin period is therefore 6.67 +/- 0.03 h, but other periodicities are also possible. The peak to peak amplitude is 0.082 +/- 0.016 mag. This period, and the other peaks detected in the periodogram, are not commensurable with previous estimates of the spin period of comet 6P/d'Arrest. If all the measurements are correct, the differences between this estimate and the previous ones could be due to a possible change in the spin period of comet 6P/d'Arrest or to this comet being rotating in a complex mode.

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