Polarimetric Behaviour of (3200) Phaethon: New Observations with Implications for Surface Heterogeneity

arXiv:2610.09110 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-10-06 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-06

Updated: 2026-10-06

Terminology

• Nordic Optical Telescope — 4× in this paper
• Calibration — 3× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Aperture — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Bayesian Information Criterion — 2× in this paper

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