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Appendix A: Absolute R-band magnitudes


    
Table A.1: Absolute R-band magnitudes and corresponding effective radii for each of the targeted comets discussed in Papers I, II, and III. Also listed are each comet's heliocentric and perihelion distances. The appearance of the comet and whether it was on the inbound or outbound leg of its orbit, is also stated. Note that the upper/lower limits are all $3\sigma$ limits.
Comet Observing ($R_{\rm h}$)b (I/O)c Appearanced qe R(1,1,0)f ($r_{\rm N}$)g [km]
  runa [AU]     [AU]   (AR = 0.04)
               
2P/E JKT (1999) 3.93 I S 0.34 13.64 $\pm$ 0.16 4.4 $\pm$ 0.3 $^{\diamond}$
6P/d'A WHT (1998) 5.63 I U 1.35 $\geq$ 15.5 $\leq$ 2.1
7P/P-W WHT (1998) 5.58 O S 1.26 15.09 $\pm$ 0.10 2.6 $\pm$ 0.1
9P/T 1 JKT (1995) 3.51 I A 1.49 14.22 $\pm$ 0.12 $\leq 3.8$
9P/T 1 WHT (1998) 3.36 I S 1.49 15.22 $\pm$ 0.10 2.4 $\pm$ 0.1
14P/W JKT (1999) 3.98 I S 2.41 15.28 $\pm$ 0.11 2.3 $\pm$ 0.1
19P/B JKT (1999) 5.36 I S 1.36 15.72 $\pm$ 0.36 1.9 $\pm$ 0.3
22P/K WHT (1998) 5.11 O S 1.58 15.89 $\pm$ 0.10 1.8 $\pm$ 0.1
26P/G-S JKT (1995) 4.77 I U 0.99 $\geq$ 16.3 $\leq 1.5$
30P/R 1 JKT (1999) 5.65 A U 1.88 $\geq$ 14.2 $\leq$ 3.8
32P/C-S JKT (1995) 3.09 I A 1.85 12.95 $\pm$ 0.06 $\leq 4.4$
40P/V 1 JKT (1995) 6.01 O U 1.78 $\geq$ 14.0 $\leq 42$
43P/W-H JKT (1995) 4.87 I S 1.58 14.46 $\pm$ 0.50 $3.3 \pm 0.7$
43P/W-H JKT (1999) 4.46 O S 1.58 14.43 $\pm$ 0.14 3.4 $\pm$ 0.2
44P/R 2 WHT (1998) 4.73 I U 1.89 $\geq$ 16.3 $\leq$ 1.4
44P/R 2 JKT (1999) 4.26 I S 1.89 $\geq$ 14.7 $\leq$ 3.0
45P/H-M-P JKT (1999) 5.14 I S 0.53 16.49 $\pm$ 0.86 1.3 $\pm$ 0.6
46P/W JKT (1999) 5.02 O U 1.06 $\geq$ 15.1 $\leq$ 2.6
47P/A-J JKT (1999) 4.03 I A 2.31 13.15 $\pm$ 0.15 $\leq$ 6.1
48P/J WHT (1998) 3.36 O A 2.31 13.77 $\pm$ 0.04 $\leq$ 3.5
49P/A-R WHT (1998) 2.11 O S 1.37 14.22 $\pm$ 0.03 4.4 $\pm$ 0.1 $^{\ddagger}$
49P/A-R JKT (1999) 3.34 O S 1.37 14.11 $\pm$ 0.05 4.6 $\pm$ 0.1 $^{\ddagger}$
51P/H WHT (1998) 5.30 I U 1.57 $\geq$ 15.8 $\leq$ 1.9
54P/dV-S WHT (1998) 5.39 A U 2.12 $\geq$ 15.4 $\leq$ 2.1
57P/dT-N-D WHT (1998) 5.10 O U 1.72 $\geq$ 17.0 $\leq$ 1.1
61P/S-S JKT (1999) 4.39 I S 2.33 17.29 $\pm$ 0.56 0.9 $\pm$ 0.2
63P/W 1 WHT (1998) 3.83 I U 1.96 $\geq$ 18.3 $\leq$ 0.6
64P/S-G JKT (1999) 3.43 I U 1.34 $\geq$ 15.8 $\leq$ 1.9
65P/G WHT (1998) 4.43 O A 2.46 11.53 $\pm$ 0.04 $\leq$ 8.8
67P/C-G JKT (1999) 5.72 A U 1.29 $\geq$ 14.8 $\leq$ 2.9
69P/T JKT (1995) 4.89 I S 1.95 14.34 $\pm$ 0.40 $3.6 \pm 0.7$
69P/T JKT (1999) 4.03 O A 1.95 14.08 $\pm$ 0.10 $\leq$ 3.4
71P/C WHT (1998) 4.40 I U 1.56 $\geq$ 17.4 $\leq$ 0.9
73P/S-W 3 WHT (1998) 5.03 I U 0.94 $\geq$ 17.5 $\leq$ 0.9
74P/S-C JKT (1995) 4.61 P A 3.56 10.93 $\pm$ 0.06 $\leq 10.4$
74P/S-C WHT (1998) 4.24 I A 3.56 11.0 $\pm$ 0.04 $\leq$ 12.7
75P/K JKT (1999) 4.37 I U 1.79 $\geq$ 16.1 $\leq$ 1.5
79P/dT-H JKT (1995) 4.74 I S 1.20 16.36 $\pm$ 0.40 $1.4 \pm 0.3$
79P/dT-H WHT (1998) 3.52 O U 1.20 $\geq$ 16.3 $\leq$ 1.5
81P/W 2 JKT (1995) 4.25 I S 1.58 15.71 $\pm$ 0.30 $2.0 \pm 0.3$
83P/R 1 JKT (1999) 3.01 O U 2.18 $\geq$ 18.8 $\leq$ 0.5
86P/W 3 JKT (1995) 3.35 O S 2.29 16.80 $\pm$ 0.30 $1.1 \pm 0.2$
86P/W 3 WHT (1998) 4.69 I U 2.31 $\geq$ 17.5 $\leq$ 0.9
87P/B WHT (1998) 4.32 I U 2.18 $\geq$ 18.4 $\leq$ 0.6
87P/B JKT (1995) 3.38 O A 2.18 15.03 $\pm$ 0.16 $\leq 2.4$
89P/R 2 JKT (1995) 3.04 O A 2.28 14.91 $\pm$ 0.13 $\leq 2.2$
97P/M-B JKT (1999) 4.76 I S 2.61 15.42 $\pm$ 0.40 2.2 $\pm$ 0.4
100P/H 1 WHT (1998) 3.94 O U 1.82 $\geq$ 16.8 $\leq$ 1.2
103P/H 2 WHT (1998) 3.63 O A 1.03 12.74 $\pm$ 0.04 $\leq$ 5.9
103P/H 2 JKT (1999) 4.57 O A 1.03 13.23 $\pm$ 0.08 $\leq$ 5.8
104P/K 2 JKT (1999) 3.94 O S 1.40 17.03 $\pm$ 0.93 1.0 $\pm$ 0.5
111P/H-R-C JKT (1999) 4.35 O U 3.49 $\geq$ 16.1 $\leq$ 1.5
113P/S JKT (1999) 4.22 I U 2.13 $\geq$ 15.5 $\leq$ 2.0
118P/S-L 4 JKT (1999) 4.71 O S 2.02 15.19 $\pm$ 0.20 2.4 $\pm$ 0.2
119P/P-H JKT (1995) 3.42 I A 3.05 12.17 $\pm$ 0.05 $\leq 5.8$
120P/M 1 JKT (1995) 3.08 I S 2.74 16.17 $\pm$ 0.20 $1.5 \pm 0.2$
121P/S-H 2 JKT (1999) 5.03 O S 2.66 16.06 $\pm$ 0.76 1.6 $\pm$ 0.6
128P/S-H 1 WHT (1998) 3.66 O A 3.05 14.00 $\pm$ 0.05 $\leq$ 4.0
137P/S-L 2 JKT (1999) 2.29 I A 1.87 14.84 $\pm$ 0.14 $\leq$ 3.4
139P/V-O WHT (1998) 3.41 O A 3.38 13.29 $\pm$ 0.04 $\leq$ 4.6
P/1993 K2 JKT (1995) 4.70 O A 3.09 12.46 $\pm$ 0.08 $\leq 6.0$
P/1993 X1 JKT (1999) 4.11 I U 2.75 $\geq$ 15.6 $\leq$ 2.0
a - JKT (1995) [Paper I], WHT (1998) [Paper II], JKT (1999) [Paper III].
b - $R_{\rm h}$ [AU] is the heliocentric distance at the time of the observations.
c - I - Inbound, O - Outbound, P - At perihelion, A - At aphelion.
d - A - Active, S - Stellar, U - Undetected.
e - q [AU] is the perihelion distance.
f - Absolute R-band magnitude (here, n = 2 for the active comets, see Eq. (3)).
g - $r_{\rm N}$ [km] is the effective radius based on R(1,1,0) ($A_{\rm R}$ is the assumed albedo).
$\diamond$ $A_{\rm R} = 0.05$ (Fernández et al. 2000).
$\ddagger$ $A_{\rm R} = 0.03$ (Millis et al. 1988).


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