Table 5: Polarization and infrared emission data for gas-rich comets observed at large phase angles.
Comet name $\alpha_{\rm obs}^{1}$ Diaphragm size $P_{\rm obs}^{2}$ $P_{\rm dust}^{3}$ Polar. Overheat/silicate Ref.4
  ($^{\circ}$) or box (km2) (%) (%) class features at 10 $\mu$m  
C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi- 95.4 $\pi \times 38360^2$ 9.1 25.9 low 1.08/no 1, 2
Berger-Milon)              
23P/Brorsen-Metcalf 86.0 $\pi \times 37660^2$ 15.3 25.2 low 1.05/no 1, 3
C/1982 M1 (Austin) 94.1 $\pi \times 45000^2$ 9.1 25.9 low ?/? 4, -
  98 2452$~\times~$5655 22.3 25.8 high   5, -
C/1983 H1 (Iras- 92.5 $\pi \times 800^2$ 32 25.8 high 1.07/very weak 6, 7
Araki-Alcock)              
27P/Crommelin 73.7 $\pi \times 28760^2$ 11.3 22.2 low <1.04/no 1, 8
C/1989 X1 (Austin) 89.3 $\pi \times 5400^2$ 18.0 25.6 low 1.07-1.20/weak 9, 10
C/1989 Q1 (Okazaki- 89.8 $\pi \times 3630^2$ 16.0 25.6 low 1.20/no 11, 7
Levy-Ludenko)              
D/1996 Q1 (Tabur) 83.3 990$~\times~$990 25.4 24.7 high $\approx$1.05/weak 12, 13
    7422$~\times~$7422 15.9   low    
2P/Encke 94.6 $582 \times 582$ $\ge$30 25.9 high 1.03/weak 14, 15
    $\approx$3000$~\times~$4500 7.7   low    
21P/Giacobini-Zinner 62.3 35 300 $\times $ 35 300 15.7 17.6 high weak/weak 16, 17
1) Observed phase angle.
2) Observed degree of polarization.
3) Polarization of a typical dusty comet at phase angle $\alpha_{\rm obs}$.
4) References: (1) Chernova et al. (1993); (2) Ney (1982); (3) Lynch et al. (1992); (4) Rosenbush et al. (1997);
   (5) Myers & Nordsiek (1984); (6) Kikuchi (1983); (7) Hanner et al. (1994); (8) Hanner et al. (1985);
   (9) Kikuchi et al. (1990); (10) Hanner et al. (1993); (11) Rosenbush et al. (1994); (12) Kiselev et al. (2001);
   (13) Harker et al. (1999); (14) This work; (15) Gehrz et al. (1989); (16) Kiselev et al. (2000);
   (17) Hanner et al. (1992).


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