[en] Comet C/2001 A2 experienced several splitting events during its 2001 perihelion passage. The first break-up event was observed in March 2001 (IAUC 7616). In this paper we report the first results of our extensive imaging and spectroscopic monitoring campaign with ESO telescopes over several weeks before and after the perihelion passage on May 25 2001.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Jehin, Emmanuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique et traitement de l'image
Boehnhardt, Hermann; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Sekanina, Zdenek; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Bonfils, Xavier; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Schütz, Oliver; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Beuzit, Jean*-Luc; Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université J. Fourier, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble, France
Billeres, Malvina; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Garradd, Gordon J; Loomberah, Australia
Leisy, Pierre; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
Marchis, Franck; University of California at Berkeley, Center for Adaptive Optics, 601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Más, Antonio; Observatorio Kappa Crucis, Montevideo, Uruguay
Origlia, Livia; Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
Scarpa, Daniel; Observatorio Kappa Crucis, Montevideo, Uruguay
