Millimetre continuum observations of comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

2013/07/26 by J. Boissier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, D. Bockelée–Morvan +9 · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Comet #Galaxy #Millimeter #Nucleus #Physics #Planetary Science and Exploration #Plateau de Bure Interferometer #RADIUS #Redshift #Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies #Thermal #Thermal emission #astro-ph.EP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321372

published as 2013, Astron. Astrophys., 557, A88 · Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. 5 pages, 2 figures

openalex publication_date 2013/07/26 · arxiv created 2013/07/31 · arxiv updated 2015/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. Little is known about the physical properties of the nuclei of Oort Cloud comets. Measuring the thermal emission of a nucleus is one of the few means for deriving its size and constraining some of its thermal properties.

Citations

• On the existence of a comet belt beyond Neptune
• EPOXI at Comet Hartley 2
• Interferometric imaging of the sulfur-bearing molecules H_{\mathsf 2}S, SO, and CS in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

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• THE EVOLVING ACTIVITY OF THE DYNAMICALLY YOUNG COMET C/2009 P1 (Garradd)