Forms and Rotational States of the Nuclei of Ecliptic Comets
| dc.creator | Snodgrass, Colin | |
| dc.date | 2007-01-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:40:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:40:17Z | |
| dc.description | In this thesis I present measurements of the physical properties of the nuclei of Jupiter Family comets (JFCs), based on time-series observations. From the time-series photometry rotation rates and elongations were measured, and from these constraints were placed on the bulk density and porosity of nuclei. Multi-filter imaging was performed to enable measurement of their surface colours. In addition, a large amount of `snap-shot' imaging was performed during the observing runs, and taken with the time-series data is used to measure nuclei sizes. These results are compared with other data from the literature to study the general properties of JFC nuclei. (Abridged) | |
| dc.description | Ph.D thesis, Queen's University Belfast, Sept 2006. Full text at http://homepage.mac.com/colinsnodgrass/FileSharing2.html | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701367 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701367 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/121734 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Forms and Rotational States of the Nuclei of Ecliptic Comets | |
| dc.type | text |