CCD IMAGING OBSERVATION OF PERIODIC COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 1993E

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WATANABE, J
HIROTA, Y
ABE, M
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[1] TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIV, DEPT ASTRON & EARTH SCI, KOGANEI, TOKYO 184, JAPAN
[2] INST SPACE & ASTRON SCI, SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA 229, JAPAN
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COMETS; INDIVIDUAL (PERIODIC COMET SHOEMAKER-LEVY-9 1993E); NUCLEI OF COMETS; PHOTOMETRY OF COMETS; SPLIT OF COMETS;
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A CCD imaging observation of Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (1993e) was carried out at the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory. We derived the magnitude of ten large nuclei in the R-band, and estimated the lower limits of their sizes. The diameter of the nuclei is larger than 0.7-0.9 km, which corresponds to a mass of 2-4 x 10(11) kg when the bulk density is assumed to be approximately 1 g cm-3.
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