Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1982
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 107, no. 1, Mar. 1982, p. L7-L9. Research supported by the Universidad de los Andes.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Photometry, Halley'S Comet, Brightness, Light Curve, Perihelions, Twilight Glow, Comets, Brightness, Halley Comet, Observations, Albedo, Photometry, Light Curve, Surface, Distribution, Volatile Elements, Perihelion, Anomalies, Comet Nuclei, Data, Data Reduction
Scientific paper
Periodic comet Halley was not a well behaved comet photometrically in its apparition of 1910. Its light curve shows fluctuations of long and short duration that suggest that this comet has a surface with uneven distribution of volatiles. Moreover the comet shows a brightness decrease after perihelion and a sharp increase at 1.0 AU from the sun. A reduction of the available data shows that this anomaly is significant, since four independent data sets show it. An explanation for it is given in terms of a break-up of the nucleus. As a by-product, the influence of twilight on visual observations of this comet is derived. This will again be a troublesome effect in the apparition of the comet in 1986.
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