The comet 17P/Holmes 2007 outburst: the early motion of the outburst material

2008/01/06 by M. Montalto, A. Riffeser, U. Hopp +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Planetary Science and Exploration #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20079130

5 pages, 3 figures, A&A accepted

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Abstract

Context.On October 24, 2007 the periodic comet 17P/Holmes underwent an astonishing outburst that increased its apparent total brightness from magnitude V~17 up to V~2.5 in roughly two days. In this contribution we report on Wendelstein 0.8 m telescope (WST) photometric observations of the early evolution stages of the outburst.

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