Comet Austin 1989c1: what went wrong?
Abstract
This report examines the apparition and behavior of Comet Austin, 1989c1. This comet, discovered in late 1989, was predicted to become an easy naked-eye object in the morning sky during the Spring of 1990. However, the comet did not live up to expectations.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, the Strolling Astronomer
- Pub Date:
- April 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994JALPO..37..171M
- Keywords:
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- Austin Comet;
- Brightness;
- Comet Heads;
- Comet Nuclei;
- Comet Tails;
- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Magnitude;
- Solar Orbits;
- Drawings;
- Orbit Calculation;
- Orbital Elements;
- Perihelions;
- Astronomy;
- Comet 1989c1 Austin;
- Comets: Light Curves