Polarimetry of Solar System minor bodies and planets

S Bagnulo, I Belskaya, A Cellino, YG Kwon… - The Astronomy and …, 2024 - Springer
The study of the polarisation of light is a powerful tool for probing the physical and
compositional properties of astrophysical sources, including Solar System objects. In this …

Color variations of comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 in 2018

A Voitko, E Zubko, O Ivanova, I Luk'yanyk, A Kochergin… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
We measure the photometric color in the inner coma of Comet 29P/Schwassmann–
Wachmann 1 on nine nights in August and October, 2018. We see variations in the color …

On the small contribution of supermicron dust particles to light scattering by comets

E Zubko, G Videen, JA Arnold, B MacCall… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We quantitatively investigate the contribution of large dust particles to the polarimetric
response in comets using the light-scattering properties of model agglomerated debris …

Imaging polarimetry of comet 67 P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: homogeneous distribution of polarization and its implications

Z Gray, S Bagnulo, H Boehnhardt… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P) become observable for the first
time in 2021 since the Rosetta rendezvous in 2014–2016. Here, we present pre-perihelion …

C/2020 S3 (Erasmus): Comet with a presumably transient maximum of linear polarization Pmax

E Chornaya, E Zubko, A Kochergin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We measured the degree of linear polarization of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) on 2020
November 13, 20, 22, and 23, while the comet was observed at large phase angles, α …

Dust properties and their variations in comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)

O Shubina, E Zubko, V Kleshchonok… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. We analyze the results of photometric monitoring of comet C/2013 X1
(PANSTARRS) from December 2015 until January 2016 obtained within B, V, and R …

Dust color variations of comet C/2016 M1 (PanSTARRS)

A Voitko, E Zubko, O Ivanova, M Husárik, G Videen - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Our research aims to study the dust environment of comets that are active beyond the snow
line. The current work considers dust color variations in the coma of long-period comet …

Characterizing atmospheric aerosols using polarimetry and shadow hiding

E Zubko, M Zheltobryukhov, E Chornaya… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Unpolarized sunlight is scattered by aerosols acquiring partial linear polarization. By aiming
a ground-based detector vertically upward, it can record the polarimetric response of …

Monitoring the negative polarization in Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann during quiescence

A Kochergin, E Zubko, E Chornaya, M Zheltobryukhov… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
During five nights between February 3 and 10, 2021, we monitored the degree of linear
polarization in Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann with the broadband R filter. It is the …

Monitoring polarization in comet 46P/Wirtanen

M Zheltobryukhov, E Zubko, E Chornaya… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We measure the degree of linear polarization of comet 46P/Wirtanen during two months,
embracing the perihelion passage in 2018 December with phase angles ranging from α …