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Table 3

Pre-perihelion dust production of 67P in terms of Afρ values.

Date r Afρa [cm]
[AU] B V R I Spec.b

30-05-08 2.9 11 ± 2 19 ± 1 18 ± 2 4 ± 1
03-07-08 2.7 23 ± 2 33 ± 1 37 ± 1 31 ± 3 11 ± 1
11-08-08 2.5 49 ± 2 63 ± 2 73 ± 2 68 ± 3 23 ± 1
14-09-08 2.2 45 ± 1 62 ± 2 73 ± 1 65 ± 1 31 ± 1

Notes.

(a)

At 104 km from the comet and corrected for zero phase angle.

(b)

Derived from the 520–525 nm region in spectra.

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