Polarimetry of Solar System minor bodies and planets

S Bagnulo, I Belskaya, A Cellino, YG Kwon… - The Astronomy and …, 2024 - Springer
The study of the polarisation of light is a powerful tool for probing the physical and
compositional properties of astrophysical sources, including Solar System objects. In this …

Color variations of comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 in 2018

A Voitko, E Zubko, O Ivanova, I Luk'yanyk, A Kochergin… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
We measure the photometric color in the inner coma of Comet 29P/Schwassmann–
Wachmann 1 on nine nights in August and October, 2018. We see variations in the color …

The polarisation properties of the HD 181327 debris ring-Evidence for sub-micron particles from scattered light observations

J Milli, E Choquet, R Tazaki, F Ménard… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Polarisation is a powerful remote-sensing tool to study the nature of particles
scattering the starlight. It is widely used to characterise interplanetary dust particles in the …

C/2020 S3 (Erasmus): Comet with a presumably transient maximum of linear polarization Pmax

E Chornaya, E Zubko, A Kochergin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We measured the degree of linear polarization of Comet C/2020 S3 (Erasmus) on 2020
November 13, 20, 22, and 23, while the comet was observed at large phase angles, α …

Dust properties and their variations in comet C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)

O Shubina, E Zubko, V Kleshchonok… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. We analyze the results of photometric monitoring of comet C/2013 X1
(PANSTARRS) from December 2015 until January 2016 obtained within B, V, and R …

Characterizing atmospheric aerosols using polarimetry and shadow hiding

E Zubko, M Zheltobryukhov, E Chornaya… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Unpolarized sunlight is scattered by aerosols acquiring partial linear polarization. By aiming
a ground-based detector vertically upward, it can record the polarimetric response of …

The influence of the size of ice–dust particles on the amplitude of the change in the brightness of a comet caused by an outburst

M Wesołowski - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a new approach to analysing the brightness change of a Jupiter family
comet. We assume that the coma contains particles composed of water ice, carbonaceous …

The rise time of the change of cometary brightness during its outburst

M Wesołowski - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper presents a new method for determining the change in the brightness of a comet
during an outburst in which particles are ejected into the coma at a uniform rate, ie via a long …

Disintegration of Long-period Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS). I. Hubble Space Telescope Observations

Q Ye, D Jewitt, MT Hui, Q Zhang… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The near-Sun comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) is the first member of a long-period comet group
observed to disintegrate well before perihelion. Here we present our investigation into this …

The role of astronomical silicates during a cometary outburst⋆

M Wesołowski - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a new approach to analyzing the change of cometary brightness. In our
considerations, we assume that astronomical silicates (dust agglomerates) and gas are …