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A Simulation of Shell Structures of Comet Hale-Bopp in February 1997

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. Tao
Affiliation:
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200030
B.C. Qian
Affiliation:
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200030

Abstract

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We present a simulation based on the morphology of the inner coma of comet Hale-Bopp(C/1995 O1) in February 1997. The synthetic images can fit the observations well, suggesting a simple spin mode. The rotation parameters, obliquity of orbital plane to equator and argument of subsolar meridian at perihelion, are 71 and 81 degrees respectively.

Type
VI. Solar System Studies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001

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