The Activity of Comet 29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann 1 Monitored through Its CO J=2→1 Radio Line

Observations of the long-lasting activit

Observations of the long-lasting activity of the distant Comets 29P Schwassmann–Wachmann 1, C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) and C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR)

✍ Oleksandra V. Ivanova; Yury V. Skorov; Pavlo P. Korsun; Viktor L. Afanasiev; Jür 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 508 KB

## a b s t r a c t We investigated three comets, which are active at large heliocentric distances, using observations obtained at the 6-m BTA telescope (SAO RAS, Russia) in the photometric mode of the focal reducer SCOR-PIO. The three comets, 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR), and C