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Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of Comet 2P/Encke’s Nucleus in the Mid-infrared Wavelength Region

  • Authors: Takafumi Ootsubo, Hideyo Kawakita, Jun-ichi Watanabe, Hitomi Kobayashi, Yoshiharu Shinnaka

Takafumi Ootsubo et al 2026 The Astronomical Journal 172 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Radial intensity profiles of 2P/Encke (red filled circles) compared with those of a standard star (black open circles), showing consistency with a point source in all filters. Note that the spatial profiles are consistent between the comet and the standard star across all filters, indicating that the observations were nearly diffraction-limited and any issues of varying seeing are negligible.

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