2060 Chiron back to a minimum of brightness

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Dec 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996p%26ss...44.1547l&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, v. 44, p. 1547-1550.

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The results of photometric observations of comet/asteroid 2060 Chiron at the Observatório do Pico dos Dias (Brazil-OPD) and the Observatoire de Haute-Provence (France-OHP) during 1994 and 1995 are presented. The analysis of the data shows a decrease of 2060 Chiron brightness from its peak values of 1988-1991. The absolute magnitude, HV, varies from a maximum of 6.6 in February 1994 up to a minimum of 6.8 in June 1995. Therefore 2060 Chiron is back to a minimum of activity close to that of 1983-1985. The slope parameter G is found to be G = 0.71 +/- 0.15. It is suggested that the H-G magnitude system, generally adopted to present 2060 Chiron brightness, is not the most appropriate due to the cometary activity of this object.

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