polarimetric and photometric observations of split comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)

Details polarimetric and photometric observations of split comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) polarimetric and photometric observations of split comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)

Jun 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002em%26p...90..423r&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 90, Issue 1, p. 423-433 (2002).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Comet C/2001 A2 (Linear), Comets, Dust, Nh2, Polarization

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We present the results of polarimetric and photometricobservations of split Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR), which wereobtained at the 70-cm telescope of the Astronomical Observatoryof Kharkiv National University between 30 June and 31 July 2001.The brightest fragment of the comet, nucleus B, was observed.Eight narrowband cometary filters in the continuum and in emissionbands and a wideband red filter have been used. The comet wasobserved through apertures of 88, 33, and 19 arcsec. Polarizationphase curves were obtained for the continuum and for the firsttime, for NH2(0, 7, 0) emission. The degree of polarization ofthe light scattered by the dust decreases with the increase ofaperture size. An important temporal variation of the polarizationwith a rotation of the polarization plane was observed at twophase angles (26.5° and 36.2°). Molecular column densities and production rates of CN, C2,C3, and NH2 species are calculated in the framework of theHaser model. A comparative analysis of the temporal variations ofthe visual magnitudes, gas and dust production rates, dust colorand polarization are presented.

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