Comet P/Halley's periodic brightness variations in 1910

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Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991aj....101..706s&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 101, Feb. 1991, p. 706-712.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Brightness Distribution, Halley'S Comet, Interplanetary Dust, Astronomical Observatories, Light Curve, Photographic Plates, Comets, Halley, Brightness, Production Rate, Gases, Dust, Procedure, Analysis, Lightcurve, Comparisons, Phase Shift, Jets, Comet Nuclei

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Periodic variations in Comet Halley's production of gas and dust during its 1910 apparition were searched for using measurements from a homogeneous set of photographic plates obtained at the National Observatory of Argentina at Cordoba. After applying corrections to the observations to compensate for geometric and heliocentric distance effects, the data, spanning the two months immediately following perihelion, were split into two sections for analysis. Of the possible periods indicated in either half of the dataset, only those in the range of 7.3-7.8 days were present in both halves. The additional constraint of similarity in the shape of the resulting, phased light curves further constrained the period from about 7.35 to 7.60 days. Allowing for the inherent limitations of the 1910 data, comparison of these light curves to the equivalent 1986 light curve indicates that a match in features between the two apparitions is made possible by utilizng one of two phase shifts. While not conclusive, this ability to match features suggests long-term stability in many aspects of Halley's intrinsic activity.

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