LIGHT CURVE BEHAVIOUR IN C/1995 O1 (HALE-BOPP) - II; Changes in the activity between 13AU and 2.5AU pre-perihelion

Bibcode
1996EM&P...75...87K
DOI
10.1007/BF00054506
Kidger, Mark R.
Bibliographical reference

Earth, Moon and Planets, Volume 75, Issue 2, pp.87-94

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1996
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1
IAC number of authors
1
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2
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2
Description
Comet Hale-Bopp is, without doubt, one of the most important objects for cometary science which has ever been observed. The light curve is well-observed from a heliocentric distance 7.2 AU and some information is available at distances as great as 17 AU. This allows the photometric evolution of the comet to be studied as different volatiles dominate the activity. Three different phases of activity are seen as the heliocentric distance reduces during 1996: the initial phase of very fast brightening, characterized by a r -5 law; a “standstill” in the light curve when the brightening law reduced to r -1, which coincides with the initiation of water sublimation at r ~ 4 AU; and a further phase of more rapid brightening with an r -3.5 law, similar to the mean for comets classed as “fairly new”, which initiated at r ~ 4 AU.
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Refereed
Comets

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