Narrowband Observations of Comet 46P/Wirtanen during Its Exceptional Apparition of 2018/19. I. Apparent Rotation Period and Outbursts

TL Farnham, MM Knight, DG Schleicher… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We obtained broad-and narrowband images of the hyperactive comet 46P/Wirtanen on 33
nights during its 2018/2019 apparition, when the comet made a historic close approach to …

A rapid decrease in the rotation rate of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák

D Bodewits, TL Farnham, MSP Kelley, MM Knight - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Cometary outgassing can produce torques that change the spin state of the cometary
nucleus, which in turn influences the evolution and lifetime of the comet,. If these torques …

The highly unusual outgassing of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 from narrowband photometry and imaging of the coma

MM Knight, DG Schleicher - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Monitoring of the activity and composition of comets 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak and 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusakova

Y Moulane, E Jehin, C Opitom, FJ Pozuelos… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
We report on photometry and imaging of the Jupiter family comets 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–
Kresak and 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdusakova with the TRAPPIST-North (TRAnsiting Planets …

Narrowband Observations of Comet 46P/Wirtanen during Its Exceptional Apparition of 2018/19. II. Photometry, Jet Morphology, and Modeling Results

MM Knight, DG Schleicher… - The Planetary Science …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on our extensive photometry and imaging of comet 46P/Wirtanen during its
2018/19 apparition and use these data to constrain the modeling of Wirtanen's activity …

Evidence for two modes of water release in Comet 103P/Hartley 2: Distributions of column density, rotational temperature, and ortho–para ratio

BP Bonev, GL Villanueva, L Paganini, MA DiSanti… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents long-slit spectra of H2O emission from the inner coma of Comet
103P/Hartley 2, acquired with NIRSPEC/Keck 2 during the comet's close approach to Earth …

The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status

T Lister, MSP Kelley, CE Holt, HH Hsieh… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The LCO Outbursting Objects Key (LOOK) Project uses the telescopes of the Las
Cumbres Observatory (LCO) Network to (1) systematically monitor a sample of previously …

Rotationally induced surface slope-instabilities and the activation of CO2 activity on comet 103P/Hartley 2

JK Steckloff, K Graves, M Hirabayashi, HJ Melosh… - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
Comet 103P/Hartley 2 has diurnally controlled, CO 2-driven activity on the tip of the small
lobe of its bilobate nucleus. Such activity is unique among the comet nuclei visited by …

The complex spin state of 103P/Hartley 2: Kinematics and orientation in space

MJS Belton, P Thomas, JY Li, J Williams, B Carcich… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
We derive the spin state of the nucleus of Comet 103P/Hartley 2, its orientation in space, and
its short-term temporal evolution from a mixture of observations taken from the DIXI (Deep …

The sublimative torques of Jupiter Family Comets and mass wasting events on their nuclei

JK Steckloff, NH Samarasinha - Icarus, 2018 - Elsevier
Sublimative outgassing of comets produces torques that alter the rotation state of their
nuclei. Recently, parameterized sublimative torque models have been developed to study …