Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusáková and 46P/Wirtanen
dc.contributor.author | Lejoly, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Harris, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Samarasinha, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mueller, B.E.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Howell, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bodnarik, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Springmann, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kareta, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharkey, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Noonan, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Campaign, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bedin, L.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bosch, J.-G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brosio, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bryssinck, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | de Vanssay, J.-B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hambsch, F.-J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ivanova, O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Krushinsky, V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lin, Z.-Y. | |
dc.contributor.author | Manzini, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maury, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moriya, N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ochner, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Oldani, V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-17T01:57:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-17T01:57:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lejoly, C., Harris, W., Samarasinha, N., Mueller, B. E. A., Howell, E., Bodnarik, J., Springmann, A., Kareta, T., Sharkey, B., Noonan, J., Campaign, P., Bedin, L. R., Bosch, J.-G., Brosio, A., Bryssinck, E., de Vanssay, J.-B., Hambsch, F.-J., Ivanova, O., Krushinsky, V., … Oldani, V. (2022). Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusáková and 46P/Wirtanen. Planetary Science Journal. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2632-3338 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3847/PSJ/ac4501 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/663617 | |
dc.description.abstract | There was an unprecedented opportunity to study the inner dust coma environments, where the dust and gas are not entirely decoupled, of comets 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusáková (45P/HMP) from 2016 December 26 to 2017 March 15, and 46P/Wirtanen from 2018 November 10 to 2019 February 13, both in visible wavelengths. The radial profile slopes of these comets were measured in the R and HB-BC filters most representative of dust, and deviations from a radially expanding coma were identified as significant. The azimuthally averaged radial profile slope of comet 45P/HMP gradually changes from −1.81 ± 0.20 at 5.24 days preperihelion to −0.35 ± 0.16 at 74.41 days postperihelion. Contrastingly, the radial profile slope of 46P/Wirtanen stays fairly constant over the observed time period at −1.05 ± 0.05. Additionally, we find that the radial profile of 46P/Wirtanen is azimuthally dependent on the sky-plane-projected solar position angle, while that of 45P/HMP is not. These results suggest that comets 45P/HMP and 46P/Wirtanen have vastly different coma dust environments and that their dust expansion properties are distinct. As evident from these two comets, well-resolved inner comae are vital for detailed characterization of dust environments. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | American Astronomical Society | |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society. Original content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Radial Distribution of the Dust Comae of Comets 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusáková and 46P/Wirtanen | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.contributor.department | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona | |
dc.identifier.journal | Planetary Science Journal | |
dc.description.note | Open access journal | |
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dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Planetary Science Journal | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-03-17T01:57:20Z |