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We report results from broadband visible images of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 on 2013 April 10. C/ISON's coma brightness follows a 1/{\rho} (where {\rho} is the projected distance…

Observations of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko were performed with MUSE at large heliocentric distances post-perihelion, between March 3 and 7, 2016. Those observations were part of a simultaneous ground-based campaign aimed at providing…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-04 C. Opitom , A. Guilbert-Lepoutre , S. Besse , B. Yang , C. Snodgrass

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) was imaged with the 2m telescope at Mt. Wendelstein Observatory in the Alps. Coma and tail monitoring was performed during 51 nights between 22 August 2015 and 9 May 2016. The images through r and i…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-11 Hermann Boehnhardt , Arno Riffeser , Matthias Kluge , Christoph Ries , Michael Schmidt , Ulrich Hopp

We report on photometry and imaging of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained at Lowell Observatory from 1991 through 2011. We acquired photoelectric photometry on two nights in 1991, four nights in 1997/98, and 13 nights in 2010/11. We observed a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Matthew M. Knight , David G. Schleicher

Through photometry and spectroscopy, we studied the evolution of the activity and chemical composition of comet 67P during its 2025 and 2021 perihelion passages and of comet 103P during its 2010 and 2023 passages. For each comet, we aim to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 E. Hemmen , M. Vander Donckt , E. Jehin , S. Hmiddouch , K. Aravind , J. Manfroid , Z. Benkhaldoun , A. Jabiri , S. Ganesh

We carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at the 6-m BTA telescope (SAO RAS, Russia) and the 1.6-m telescope of the National Laboratory for Astro-physics (LNA, Brazil) on February 20,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-22 O. V. Ivanova , I. V. Luk'yanyk , N. N. Kiselev , V. L. Afanasiev , E. Picazzi , O. Cavichia , A. A. de Almeida , S. M. Andrievsky

Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux is a well known low-activity Jupiter Family comet. Despite the low activity, we have witnessed outgassing activity in 1992, 2004, and 2012. In 2012 a broad tail-like feature (PA$\sim270^\circ, \sim2.3\times10^5$ km)…

We present new lightcurve measurements of Comet 10P/Tempel 2 carried out with Lowell Observatory's Discovery Channel Telescope in early 2013 when the comet was at aphelion. These data represent some of the first science obtained with this…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 David G. Schleicher , Matthew M. Knight , Stephen E. Levine

Comet 103P/Hartley 2 made a close approach to the Earth in October 2010. It was the target of an extensive observing campaign and was visited by the Deep Impact spacecraft (mission EPOXI). We present observations of HCN and CH3OH emission…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 J. Boissier , D. Bockelée-Morvan , N. Biver , P. Colom , J. Crovisier , R. Moreno , V. Zakharov , O. Groussin , L. Jorda , D. C. Lis

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a periodic comet with an orbital period of approximately 71 years. Because of the period duration, aphelion of 35.3 au, and highly inclined orbit (74.2 deg), it is classified as a Halley-type comet. In this work, we…

We obtained broadband and narrowband images of the hyperactive comet 46P/Wirtanen on 33~nights during its 2018/2019 apparition, when the comet made an historic close approach to the Earth. With our extensive coverage, we investigated the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-03 Tony L. Farnham , Matthew M. Knight , David G. Schleicher , Lori M. Feaga , Dennis Bodewits , Brian A. Skiff , Josephine Schindler

The high spectral resolution and sensitivity of Herschel/HIFI allows for the detection of multiple rotational water lines and accurate determinations of water production rates in comets. In this letter we present HIFI observations of the…

We analyze the physical properties and dynamical origin of a curved jet of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that was observed repeatedly in several nucleus rotations starting on May 30 and persisting until early August, 2015. We simulated…

We report photometric observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 during its 2023 apparition. Our campaign, conducted from August through December 2023, combined data from a global network of citizen astronomers coordinated by Unistellar and the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-29 Ariel Graykowski , Guillaume Langin , David Chiron , Bruno Guillet , Franck Marchis , Nicolas Biver , Gérard Arlic , Bernard Baudouin , Etienne Bertrand , Randall Blake , Cyrille Bosquet , John K. Bradley , Isabelle Brocard , Christophe Cac , Alain Cagna , Nicolas Castel , Eric Chariot , Olivier Clerget , Tom Coarrase , Lucas Cogniaux , Julien Collot , Christophe Coté , Michel Deconinck , Jean-Paul Desgrees , Josselin Desmars , Giuseppe Di Tommaso , José Donas , William Drapeaud , Todd Forrester , Florent Frémont , Keiichi Fukui , Paul Garde , Jérôme Gaudilliere , Pascal Gaudin , Alexis Giacomoni , David Gineste , Patrice Girard , Jean Claude Gomez , Chuck Goodman , Gerard-Philippe Grandjean , Philippe Guiglion , David Havell , Patrick Huth , Kachi Iwai , Marc-Etienne Julien , Rachel Knight , Ryuichi Kukita , Petri Kuossari , Jean-Michel Ladruze , Anis Ben Lassoued , Cédric Latgé , Jean-Marie Laugier , Matthieu Lauvernier , Patrice Le Guen , Jean-Charles Le Tarnec , Didier Lefoulon , Liouba Leroux , Niniane Leroux , Arnaud Leroy , Chelsey Logan , Yohann Lorand , Elisabeth Maris , Jean-Pierre Masini , Nicola Meneghelli , Laurent Millart , Eric Miny , Mike Mitchell , Baptiste Montoya , Fabrice Mortecrette , Anouchka Nardi , Antoine Ngo , Denis Nicolas , Raphael Nicollerat , Takaya Okada , Wataru Ono , George Patatoukas , Jacqueline Payet-Ayrault , Patrick Picard , Claude Porchel , Kanai Potts , Michel Quienen , Martial Relier , Fabien Richardot , Darren Rivett , Matthew Ryno , Fadi Saibi , Sophie Saibi , Christian Sartini , Hiromichi Sasaki , Philippe Seibert , Masao Shimizu , Lucas Sifoni , Georges Simard , Petri Tikkanen , Ian Transom , Bernard Tregon , Frank Tyrlik , Laurent Vadrot , Michel Veuillet , Christian Voirol , Stefan Will , Corine Yahia , Phil Yehle , Neil Yoblonsky , Wai-Chun Yue

29P/Schwassmann Wachmann is an unusual solar system object. Originally classified as a short-period comet, it is now known as a Centaur that recently transferred to its current orbit, and may become a Jupiter Family comet. It has exhibited…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-11 Kacper Wierzchos , Maria Womack

The quasi-Hilda object, 212P/2000YN30 with a cometary-like orbit, was found to display a dust tail structure between January and March, 2009. From orbital calculations, it is shown that this object could have been an active comet in its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Y. -C. Cheng , W. -H. Ip

The analysis of photometrical observations of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 is presented. The broadband observations were carried out for 15 nights from 2012 to 2019 at the Lisnyky observational station of Taras Shevchenko National…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-27 Olena Shubina , Valery Kleshchonok , Oleksandra Ivanova , Igor Luk'yanyk , Alexander Baransky

Single dish observations of AGB star L$_2$ Pup have revealed exceptionally low mass loss rate and expansion velocity, challenging interpretations in terms of standard wind models. Recent VLT and ALMA observations have drawn a detailed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-15 D. T. Hoai , P. T. Nhung , P. Darriulat , P. N. Diep , N. B. Ngoc , T. T. Thai , P. Tuan-Anh

We imaged comet 10P/Tempel 2 on 32 nights from 1999 April through 2000 March. R-band lightcurves were obtained on 11 of these nights from 1999 April through 1999 June, prior to both the onset of significant coma activity and perihelion.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Matthew M. Knight , Tony L. Farnham , David G. Schleicher , Edward W. Schwieterman

Previous studies have suggested that Comet 209P/LINEAR may produce strong me- teor activity on Earth on 2014 May 24; however, exact timing and activity level is difficult to estimate due to the limited physical observations of the comet.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Quanzhi Ye , Paul A. Wiegert