Quasi-simultaneous photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations of 
distant comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz)

Ivanova, Oleksandra; Rosenbush, Vera; Luk'yanyk, Igor; Markkanen, Johannes; Kleshchonok, Valery; Kolokolova, Ludmilla; Husárik, Marek; Kiselev, Nikolai; Andreev, Maxim; Afanasiev, Viktor

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244686

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Quasi-simultaneous photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations of distant comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz)

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Markkanen, Johannes
Planetary Science Department, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society;

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Ivanova, O., Rosenbush, V., Luk'yanyk, I., Markkanen, J., Kleshchonok, V., Kolokolova, L., Husárik, M., Kiselev, N., Andreev, M., & Afanasiev, V. (2023). Quasi-simultaneous photometric, polarimetric, and spectral observations of distant comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz). Astronomy and Astrophysics, 672, A76. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244686.

引用: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-8C4E-F

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Context. We analyze the results of our comprehensive observations of the high-perihelion comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) with stable disk-shaped coma and jets in order to study its nature.
Aims: The main objective of our study is to obtain new observational results for a unique disk-like comet C/2014 B1 (Schwartz) with a perihelion distance of 9.56 au.
Methods: Quasi-simultaneous long-slit spectra, as well as photometric and polarimetric images with g-sdss and r-sdss filters, were acquired with the 6 m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory on 2017 January 23. The BVR-band photometry of the comet was also performed at the 2m telescope of the Peak Terskol Observatory on 2017 January 31. We modeled the dynamics of the jets and the behavior of the color and polarization in the coma considering the dust as aggregated large particles.
Results: We did not reveal any emissions in the spectra. The positions of two jets oriented along the position angles of 179° and 350° and the disk-like shape of the coma have remained unchanged for more than 4 yr. The most realistic model able to explain jets of such stable orientation includes the existence of two active sources located near the north and south poles of the rotating nucleus whose diameter was determined to be between 7.6 and 12.2 km depending on the albedo, of namely between 0.1 and 0.04, respectively. The high activity of the comet is characterized by the high dust production Afρ which varied from 4440 to 3357 cm between 2017 January 23 and 31. A significant difference between the radial surface brightness profiles of the jets and the ambient (undisturbed by the jets) coma is found. The color of the jet structures is much redder than that of the ambient coma, and the nucleus has a very red color, V − R=0.93^m±0.19^m. There are spatial variations of the color and polarization over the coma and jets.
Conclusions: The observed trends in color and polarization, as well as the brightness profiles, can be explained by the fragmentation of aggregated particles formed by CO₂/H₂O ices, silicates, and organics, which are of ~1 mm in radius near the nucleus and ~10 μm in radius at the periphery of the coma.