A photometric study of comet 46P/Wirtanen

Details A photometric study of comet 46P/Wirtanen A photometric study of comet 46P/Wirtanen

Sep 1998

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American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, #42.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1094

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We observed 46P/Wirtanen at the CTIO-1.5m telescope August 8-12, September 6-7, and November 3-4, 1996 in the R filter. On August 10, we also used U,B,V,I filters to track possible color variations. In all our observations a discernable coma was present. We are extracting lightcurve information from the data and will present the results of our period search and compare our values with the ones given by Meech et al./ 1997 and Lamy et al./ 1998. We also investigate the temporal changes in the coma from August to November 1996. Those results will also be presented. References Lamy, P.L., Jorda, L., Weaver, H.L., and A'Hearn, A. 1998. The nucleus and inner coma of Comet 46P/Wirtanen. A&A 335, L25 Meech, K.J., Bauer, J.M., and Hainaut, O.R. 1997. Rotation of comet 46P/Wirtanen. A&A 326, 1268

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