Size and Fraction of Active Surface Area of Some Jupiter Family Comets: Impl ications with Respect to their Physical Evolution

Fernandez, J. A.; Tancredi, G.; Rickman, H.; Licandro, J.
Bibliographical reference

"IX Latin American Regional IAU Meeting, "Focal Points in Latin American Astronomy", held in Tonantzintla, Mexico, Nov 9-13, 1998, Eds: Aguilar, A.; Carramiñana, A.; Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Serie de Conferencias, p. 15."

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2001
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4
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1
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Description
We analyze the sample of measured nuclear magnitudes of the observed Jupiter Family comets (taken as those with orbital periods P < 20 years and Tisserand parameters T > 2) to derive sizes of comet nuclei, fraction of active surface areas, as well as to try to gain insight about their physical lifetimes and end states.