Solar phase functions of cometary nuclei

C. Snodgrass; C. Tubiana; A. Fitzsimmons; S. C. Lowry

Solar phase functions of cometary nuclei

C. Snodgrass, C. Tubiana, A. Fitzsimmons, S. C. Lowry

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Relatively few measurements of the solar phase function of cometary nuclei exist, despite the importance of this parameter in determining accurate sizes and its use in modeling surface properties. We make use of robotic telescopes and servicemode observing to monitor cometary nuclei over months at a time, combining intensive observations at a single epoch with regular short light-curve segments to efficiently account for brightness changes due to both nucleus rotation and changing solar phase angle. We present our latest results on comets 8P/Tuttle, 14P/Wolf, 67P/Churyumov- Gerasimenko and 110P/Hartley 3.

Original language	English
Pages	1524
Publication status	Published - 01 Oct 2011

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