Confirmation of Cometary Features of Newly Discovered Bodies |
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| Authors: | Milo? Tichý Jana Tichá Michal Ko?er |
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| Institution: | (1) Klet Observatory, Zátkovo nábřeží 4, 370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | The majority of new ground-based discoveries of comets comes from large surveys devoted, predominantly, to Near Earth Asteroids.
The first step in distinguishing these newly discovered members of the population of cometary bodies consists inconfirmatory
astrometric observations along with detection of their cometaryfeatures. Although both amateur and professional stations take
part in suchconfirmatory observations, only some of them do a preliminary analysis of thecometary activity of a particular
newly discovered body. A timely recognitionof cometary features of a particular body having an unusual orbit can help inplanning
further observing campaigns.A main goals of the Klet Observatory NEO astrometric follow-upprogramme consists of an analysis
of possible cometary activity of newlydiscovered unusual bodies. Here, we describe several examples (comets C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
and so on). We also mention an extension of our programme to fainterobjects after the completion ofa new 1-m telescope at
the Klet Observatory. |
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| Keywords: | Astrometry comet |
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