Table 3: The mean observed and corrected degree of polarization in comet 2P/Encke.
Date 2003 Phase angle Area Polarization degree (%)
(UT) ($^{\circ})$ (km2) 642 662 RX
      observed dust only observed dust only observed
Nov. 20.7 91.12 576 $\times $ 576 33.3 $\pm$ 2.6 41.6 $\pm$ 6.2 18.1 $\pm$ 0.6 42.9 $\pm$ 7.8  
Nov. 21.7 94.63 582 $\times $ 582 34.9 $\pm$ 1.7 39.9 $\pm$ 2.9 22.7 $\pm$ 1.3 31.1 $\pm$ 1.2 25.1 $\pm$ 1.0
Nov. 22.7 98.04 591 $\times $ 591 35.8 $\pm$ 3.6        


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