Analyses of dust coma morphology of Comet Hyakutake (1996 B2) near perigee: Outburst behavior, jet motion, source region locations, and nucleus pole orientation

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 190-213

  Schleicher, David G ^a   Woodney, Laura M ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coma; Comets; Hyakutake; Jets; Rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037353971     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00054-4     Document Type: Review

References (33)

1. Altenhoff, W.J., Bieging, J.H., Butler, B., Butner, H.M., Chini, R., Haslam, C.G.T., Kreysa, E., Martin, R.N., Mauersberger, R., McMullin, J., Muders, D., Peters, W.L., Schmidt, J., Schrami, J.B., Sievers, A., Stumpff, P., Thum, C., von Kapherr, A., Wiesemeyer, H., Wink, J.E., Zylka, R., 1999. Coordinated radio continuum observations of comets Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp from 22 to 860 GHz. Astron. Astrophys. 348, 1020-1034.
2. Biver, N., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Crovisier, J., Davies, J.K., Matthews, H.E., Wink, J.E., Rauer, H., Colom, P., Dent, W.R.F., Despois, D., Moreno, R., Paubert, G., Jewitt, D., Senay, M., 1999. Spectroscopic monitoring of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) with the JCMT and IRAM radio telescopes. Astron. J. 118, 1850-1872.
3. Boehnhardt, H., 2001. The death of a comet and the birth of our Solar System. Science 292, 1307-1309.
4. Boehnhardt, H., Barnbandner, O., 1996. CCD observations of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). IAU Circ. 6364.
5. Crifo, J.F., 1991. Hydrodynamic models of the collisional comae, in: Newburn, R.L., Jr., Neugebauer, M., Rahe, J. (Eds.), Comets in the Post-Halley Era, Vol. 2, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 937-989.
6. Desvoivres, E., Klinger, J., Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Lecacheux, J., Jorda, L., Enzian, A., Colas, F., Frappa, E., Laques, P., 1999. Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake: observations, interpretation and modelling of the dynamics of fragments of cometary nuclei. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 303, 826-834.
7. Desvoivres, E., Klinger, J., Levasseur-Regourd, A.C., Jones, G.H., 2000. Modeling the dynamics of cometary fragments: application to Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. Icarus 144, 172-181.
8. Farnham, T.L., Schleicher, D.G., Williams, W.R., Smith, B.R., 1999. The rotation state and active regions of Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1). Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 31, 1120.
9. Gérard, E., Crovisier, J., Colom, P., Biver, N., Bockelée-Morvan, D., Rauer, H., 1998. Observations of the OH radical in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) with the Nancay radio telescope. Planet. Space Sci. 46, 569-577.
10. Gonzalez, R.C., Woods, R.E., 1992. Digital Image Processing. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA.
11. Gustafson, B.A.S., 1989. Comet ejection and dynamics of nonspherical dust particles and meteoroids. Astrophys. J. 337, 945-949.
12. Harmon, J.K., Ostro, S.J., Benner, L.A.M., Rosema, K.D., Jurgens, R.F., Winkler, R., Yeomans, D.K., Choate, D., Cormier, R., Giorgini, J.D., Mitchell, D.L., Chodas, P.W., Rose, R., Kelley, D., Slade, M.A., Thomas, M.L., 1997. Radar detection of the nucleus and coma of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2). Science 278, 1921.
13. Harris, W.M., Scherb, F., Percival, J.W., Nordsieck, K., Mueller, B.E.A., Harmer, D., Macdonald, A., 1996. Imaging of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). IAU Circ. 6360.
14. Jewitt, D., 1997. Cometary rotation. Earth Moon Planets 79, 35-53.
15. Jorda, L., Lecacheux, J., Colas, F., 1996. Imaging of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). IAU Circ. 6344.
16. Kidger, M., 2000. The disruption of Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR). IAU Circ. 7467.
17. Lecacheux, J., Frappa, E., Laques, P., Colas, F., Jorda, L., 1996a. Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6367.
18. Lecacheux, J., Jorda, L., Enzian, A., Klinger, J., Colas, F., Frappa, E., Laques, P., 1996b. Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6354.
19. Lisse, C.M., Fernández, Y.R., Kundu, A., A'Hearn, M.F., Dayal, A., Deutsch, L.K., Fazio, G.G., Hora, J.L., Hoffmann, W.F., 1999. The nucleus of Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2). Icarus 140, 189-204.
20. Millis, R., Schleicher, D., Wasserman, L., 1996. Photometry of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6372.
21. Samarasinha, N.H., 2000. The coma morphology due to an extended active region and the implications for the spin state of Comet Hale-Bopp. Astrophys. J. 529, L107-110.
22. Schleicher, D.G., Osip, D.J., 2002. Long and short-term photometric behavior of Comet Hyakutake (1996 B2). Icarus 159, 210-233.
23. Schleicher, D., Osip, D., Lederer, S., 1996. Photometry of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6372.
24. Schleicher, D.G., Farnham, T.L., Smith, B.R., Blount, E.A., Nielsen, E., Lederer, S.M., 1998a. Nucleus properties of Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1) based on narrowband imaging. Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 30, 1063-1064.
25. Schleicher, D.G., Millis, R.L., Osip, D.J., Lederer, S.M., 1998b. Activity and rotation period of Comet Hyakutake (1996 B2). Icarus 131, 233-244.
26. Schloerb, F.P., 1988. Collisional quenching of cometary emission in the 18 centimeter OH transitions. Astrophys. J. 332, 524-530.
27. Sekanina, Z., Hanner, M.S., Jessberger, E.K., Fomenkova, M.N., 2001. Cometary dust, in: Grun, E., Gustafson, B.A.S., Dermott, S., Fechtig, H. (Eds.), Interplanetary Dust, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 95-161.
28. Tozzi, G.P., Licandro, J., 2002. Visible and infrared images of C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) during the disruption of its nucleus. Icarus 157, 187-192.
29. Tozzi, G.-P., Lisi, F., Oliva, E., Patriarchi, P., 1996. IR observations of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. I.A.U. Circ. 6357.
30. Weaver, H.A., 1996. HST observations of Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6363.
31. Weaver, H.A., Sekanina, Z., Toth, I., Delahodde, C.E., Hainaut, O.R., Lamy, P.L., Bauer, J.M., A'Hearn, M.F., Arpigny, C., Combi, M.R., Davies, J.K., Feldman, P.D., Festou, M.C., Hook, R., Jorda, L., Keesey, M.S.W., Lisse, C.M., Marsden, B.G., Meech, K.J., Tozzi, G.P., West, R., 2001. HST and VLT investigations of the fragments of Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR). Science 292, 1329-1333.
32. West, R.M., Hainaut, O., 1996. Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake. IAU Circ. 6343.
33. Whipple, F.L., 1951. A comet model. II. Physical relations for comets and meteors. Astrophys. J. 113, 464-474.