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Photometric monitoring of 2060 Chiron's brightness at perihelion |
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| Authors: | D Lazzaro MA Florczak CA Angeli JM Carvano AS Betzler AA Casati MA Barucci A Doressoundiram M Lazzarin |
| Institution: | a ON/CNPq, Dep. Astrofísica, 20921, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil b CEFET, Dep. Física, Curitiba, 80000, Brazil c Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon Principal Cedex, France d UFRJ, Dep. Astronomia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil e Universitá di Padova, Dip. di Astronomia, 35122, Padova, Italy |
| Abstract: | The results of photometric and spectroscopic observations of comet/asteroid 2060 Chiron carried on at the Observatório do Pico-dos-Dias (Brazil), at the European Southern Observatory (Chile) and at the Mauna Kea Observatory (Hawaii) during 1996 are presented. The analysis of the photometric data shows that even at a minimum of brightness 2060 Chiron presents some activity. The absolute magnitude, Hv, varied from 6.79 in February to 6.22 in March. Therefore 2060 Chiron is still in a minimum of activity close to that of 1983–1985 and of 1994–1995. |
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