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爆发彗星17 P/Holmes的近核Photometry

Near-Nucleus Photometry of Outbursting Comet 17P/Holmes

Rachel Stevenson, David Jewitt

摘要:

彗星17 P/霍姆斯在UT 2007年10月23日经历了有记录以来最大的彗星爆发,释放出大量的尘埃和气体。我们使用加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜获得宽视场图像17 P/霍姆斯15日超过3个月的爆发后,并雇用他们在这里检查随后的活动的核和最接近的喷出物的性质的核。通过孔径测光,我们观察到内彗发(在2500公里的核心)从11.7等的视星等衰减到17.6等,对应的绝对星等为8.1等和12.4等,在UT 2007年11月6日和2008年2月12日之间。第二次小得多的爆发发生在UT 2007年11月12日,在第一次爆发三周后,表明原子核仍然不稳定。内彗发的表面亮度轮廓相对于预期的稳态轮廓始终较浅,并且在距离核约5000公里的范围内显示出持续的亮度增强。我们认为,升华的冰粒创造了一个冰粒晕周围的核,而破碎的颗粒负责浅的表面亮度剖面。

英文摘要:

Comet 17P/Holmes underwent the largest cometary outburst in recorded history on UT 2007 Oct. 23, releasing massive quantities of dust and gas. We used the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope to obtain wide-field images of 17P/Holmes on 15 dates over a period of 3 months following the outburst and employ them here to examine the subsequent activity of the nucleus and the nature of the ejecta closest to the nucleus. Through aperture photometry we observed the in- ner coma (within 2500 km of the nucleus) to fade from an apparent magnitude of 11.7 mag to 17.6 mag, corresponding to absolute magnitudes of 8.1 mag and 12.4 mag, between UT 2007 Nov. 6 and 2008 Feb. 12. A second much smaller outburst occurred on UT 2007 Nov. 12, three weeks after the original outburst, suggesting that the nucleus remained unstable. The surface brightness profile of the inner coma was consistently shallow relative to the expected steady-state profile, and showed a persistent brightness enhancement within ~ 5000 km of the nucleus. We propose that sublimating ice grains created an ice grain halo around the nucleus, while fragmenting grains were responsible for the shallow surface brightness profile.

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