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Comet 240P/NEAT Is Stirring

Authors: Michael S.P. Kelley, Dennis Bodewits, Quanzhi Ye, Tony L. Farnham, Eric C. Bellm, Richard Dekany, Dmitry A. Duev, George Helou, Thomas Kupfer, Russ R. Laher, Frank J. Masci, Thomas A. Prince, Ben Rusholme, David L. Shupe, Maayane T. Soumagnac, and Jeffry Zolkower

2019 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 886 L16.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 4.

Absolute magnitude of comet 240P/NEAT from 2003 vs. ecliptic longitude of the comet-Sun vector. NEAT photometry within a 7″ radius aperture, and select MPC photometry is shown. Photometry from Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory (MPC code 360), which observed both sides of perihelion, is highlighted. ZTF photometry from 2017 to 2018 is also shown, scaled to match the observation circumstances of 2003. The model lightcurve (7″ aperture, ﹩{r}_{{\rm{h}}}^{-6}﹩ scale factor) was fit to the NEAT data point.

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