Observations of the Dust Coma of Comet C/2009 P1 (GARRADD) by Imaging Polarimetry

Edith Hadamcik (1) , A. K. Sen (2) , Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (1) , Rajiv Gupta (3) , Jérémie Lasue (4) , R. Botet (5)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 Assam University
3 IUCAA - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics [Pune]
4 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
5 LPS - Laboratoire de Physique des Solides

The dust coma of comet C/2009 P1 was observed by imaging polarimetry in different wavelengths during a period of nearly five months in France and India. The evolution of the coma will be described and the polarimetric results compared to other comets

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

Edith Hadamcik, A. K. Sen, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Rajiv Gupta, Jérémie Lasue, et al.. Observations of the Dust Coma of Comet C/2009 P1 (GARRADD) by Imaging Polarimetry. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) 2012, May 2012, Niigata, Japan. ⟨hal-00723917⟩