ON THE RANDOM DISTRIBUTION OF COMETARY ACTIVE REGIONS

被引：1

作者：

BOSWELL, J

HUGHES, DW

机构：

[1] Department of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield

来源：

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | 1992年 / 258卷 / 03期

关键词：

METHODS STATISTICAL; COMETS GENERAL;

D O I：

10.1093/mnras/258.3.602

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Comet Halley was observed in 1986 to have three active regions. For comets with three active regions distributed at random, the median latitude of the regions is 15.7-degrees. If it is assumed that active regions are distributed randomly over the surface of the nucleus, the median latitude approaches the equator as the number of spots increases. Details of this trend are given in this paper and its significance is discussed in terms of the statistics of cometary brightness profile symmetry.

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页码：602 / 604

页数：3