A comprehensive study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in the 2021/2022 apparition. II. Colorimetry, polarimetry, modeling

arXiv:2607.20038 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-07-22 · Read on arXiv

Vera Rosenbush, Oleksandra Ivanova, Johannes Markkanen, Igor Lukyanyk, Valerii Kleshchonok, Ludmilla Kolokolova, Colin Snodgrass, Elena Shablovinskaya

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-07-22

Comments: 15 pages, 11 figures

DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116799

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Aperture — 17× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 3× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Analyzer — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Active Regions — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aggregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Homogeneity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Kete: Predicting Known Minor Bodies in Images
• A Spitzer Study of Comets 2P/Encke, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT)
• Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Cometary Dust

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