The HCN molecule as a tracer of the nucleus rotation of comet 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

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Table 3:

Other determinations of the rotation period P of SW3-C.
Mid time (UT)	P [h]	Method	Reference
May 2, 2000	2.8	R-band photometry of the inner coma	Farnham (2001),
	3.2		Farnham (priv. comm.)^a
	5.1
April 3, 2006	${\ge}3.8$	R-band photometry of the inner coma	Waniak (priv. comm.)^b
April 10, 2006	3.2 $\pm$ 0.2	HST bare-nucleus equivalent photometry	Toth et al. (2006),
			Toth et al. (priv. comm.)^c
May 7, 2006	8.8 $\pm$ 0.3	Dust and CN coma morphology	Storm et al. (2006)
	13.2 $\pm$ 0.3
	27.2 $\pm$ 0.3
May 12, 2006	>7	Doppler broadening of radar signal	Nolan et al. (2006),
			Nolan et al. (priv. comm.)

^a Single-peak solutions, amplitude of 0.3 mag, aperture radius of 3 $^{\prime\prime}$ ; ^b amplitude of 0.03 mag, aperture radius of 6 $^{\prime\prime}$ ; ^c double-peak solution, amplitude of 0.6 mag.

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