On the rotation axis of Comet Halley

Details On the rotation axis of Comet Halley On the rotation axis of Comet Halley

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988natur.333..146k&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 333, May 12, 1988, p. 146-148.

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Axes Of Rotation, Comet Nuclei, Halley'S Comet, Color Photography, European Space Agency, Giotto Mission, Comets, Halley, Rotation, Axis, Spacecraft Observations, Giotto Mission, Hmc Instrument, Earth-Based Observations, Comparisons, Comet Nuclei, Models, Jets, Period, Imagery, Diagrams, Emissions, Evolution

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The observations of comet Halley by the Halley Multicolour Camera (HMC) on board Giotto were supported by an extensive ground-based observational programme using the same filter set. The authors model dust jets visible on the ground-based images, assuming active sources on the rotating nucleus. They found no fit using the rotation axes so far derived from nucleus observations. A mean instantaneous spin axis, at the time of the Giotto encounter, pointing towards α = 328°, δ = -63° is consistent with both ground-based and HMC observations of the dust. A rotation period of about two days is confirmed.

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