Optical Imaging Polarimetry of Comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner during Its 2018 Apparition

We conducted polarimetric observations of comet 21P/Giacobini–Zinner in the optical wavelength region using the polarimetric imager PICO equipped with the 50 cm telescope for Public Outreach at the Mitaka Campus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan on UT 2018 September 16, at a solar ph...

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Main Authors: Yoshiharu Shinnaka, Hideyo Kawakita, Hitomi Kobayashi, Reiko Furusho, Jun-ichi Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acdf49