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Cometary Photometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Jewitt
D. Jewitt*
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy , University of Hawaii 2680Woodlawn Drive Honolulu HI 96822

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The study of comets using modern optical photometric techniques is reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to the physical constraints imposed on the nature of comets by photometric data. The photometric study of bare nuclei and of active comets is discussed.

Type
Section I: Observing Techniques and Interpretation
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 116 , Issue 1: Comets in the Post-Halley Era , 1989 , pp. 19 - 65
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Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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