A Simple Model for the Secular Light Curve of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

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dc.contributor.authorEduardo Rondón
dc.contributor.authorIgnacio Ferrín
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T17:11:35Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T17:11:35Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractAbstract The secular light curves of comets (Ferrín, 2005) give a large amount of physical information on the cometary nucleus. We have developed a model that allows the prediction of a secular light curve, from which we derive parameters like the orientation of the rotational axis (I, φ) and optical thickness of the cometary coma. The model is based on the paper published by (Cowan & A'Hearn, 1979). To do the calculation we found a correlation between the water production rate and the reduced magnitude. We obtain probable orientations of the nucleus pole for several combinations of parameters for comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake.
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/s1743921310001961
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921310001961
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/62716
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
dc.sourceUniversity of the Andes
dc.subjectComet
dc.subjectPhysics
dc.subjectLight curve
dc.subjectNucleus
dc.subjectComa (optics)
dc.subjectSecular variation
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectAstronomy
dc.titleA Simple Model for the Secular Light Curve of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake
dc.typearticle

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