Short-term variability of comet C/2012S1

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We observed comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) during six nights in February 2013 when it was at 4.8AU from the Sun. At this distance and time the comet was not very active and it was theoretically possible to detect photometric variations likely due to the rotation of the cometary nucleus. The goal of this work is to obtain differential photometry of the comet inner coma using different aperture radii in order to derive a possible rotational period.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.35750052
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/575/A52
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Provenance
Creator Santos-Sanz P.; Ortiz J.L.; Morales N.; Duffard R.; Pozuelos F.; Moreno F.,Fernandez-Valenzuela E.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2015
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy