Physical studies of 81P/Wild 2 from the last two apparitions

Context. We downloaded data for the comet 81P/Wild 2 for May and June 2004 from the ESO archive and monitored this comet from January to August 2010 during its 6th perihelion passage since its discovery in 1978. Photometric data were used to monitor the comet's gas and dust activity as a functi...

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Autores: Lin, Z. -Y., Lara, Luisa María, Vincent, J.B., Ip, W. -H.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/421947
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/421947
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Comets: individual: 81P/Wild 2
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Sumario:Context. We downloaded data for the comet 81P/Wild 2 for May and June 2004 from the ESO archive and monitored this comet from January to August 2010 during its 6th perihelion passage since its discovery in 1978. Photometric data were used to monitor the comet's gas and dust activity as a function of heliocentric distance. Non-photometric data were used for an analysis of the evolution of the dust coma morphology.