Grains Around Comet 103P/Hartley 2 at the Time of the EPOXI Fly-By

Hainaut, O. R.; Tozzi, G. P.; Mazzotta Epifani, E.; Patriarchi, P.; Lara, L.; Brucato, J. R.; Boehnhardt, H.; Del Bó, M.; Licandro, J.; Meech, K. J.; Tanga, P.
Bibliographical reference

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16-20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan. LPI Contribution No. 1667, id.6242

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2012
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11
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1
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Description
Images of the coma through continuum filters during EPOXI fly-by show that the comet's periodic activity is dominated by two active regions. They produce dust grains with a lifetime around 5 hours. The grains from one of these regions are very red.