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| Paper: |
First Phase-angle Resolved Polarimetry of a Bare Comet Nucleus: Comet 2P/Encke |
| Volume: |
449, Astronomical Polarimetry 2008: Science from Small to Large Telescopes |
| Page: |
386 |
| Authors: |
Bagnulo, S.; Boehnhardt, H.; Kolokolova, L.; Tozzi, G.; Muinonen, K.; Nathues, A. |
| Abstract: |
We have obtained broadband imaging and polarimetry of the comet
2P/Encke in the V and R filters with the FORS1 instrument of the
ESO VLT, sampling the phase-angle range 4°–28°. The
behavior of the linear polarization with the phase angle seems
significantly different from that of other minor bodies of the solar
system, which probably indicates a significant difference in the
surface material properties of the bodies. |
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