3 papers
astro-ph.EP2018
Further investigation of changes in cometary rotation
Beatrice E. A. Mueller, Nalin H. Samarasinha
Samarasinha & Mueller (2013) related changes of cometary rotation to other physical parameters for four Jupiter family comets defining a parameter , which is approximately const…
astro-ph.EP2018
The Excited Spin State of 1I/2017 U1 `Oumuamua
Michael J. S. Belton, Olivier R. Hainaut, Karen J. Meech +15
We show that `Oumuamua's excited spin could be in a high energy LAM state, which implies that its shape could be far from the highly elongated shape found in previous studies. CLEA…
astro-ph.EP2015
A Further Investigation of Apparent Periodicities and the Rotational State of Comet 103P/Hartley 2 from Combined Coma Morphology and Lightcurve Datasets
Matthew M. Knight, Beatrice E. A. Mueller, Nalin H. Samarasinha +1
We present an analysis of Kitt Peak National Observatory and Lowell Observatory observations of comet 103P/Hartley 2 obtained from August through December 2010. The results are the…