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The
secular light curves presented here have been
accepted for publication in
"Secular Light Curves of
Comets....", Ferrìn,
2005, Icarus. Two plots
are needed
per comet, the Log plot, and the
Time plot. It helps to
read the above paper to facilitate
the interpretation of
the plots and the many parameters
measured from them.
It is suggested to print first
the
Key
To Parameters of the Log
Plot and then the
Key
To Parameters of the Time Plot .
In
particular Ron
and
Roff are the turn on and turn off points of the light
curve. Before Ron and after Roff, the comet is in the
nuclear phase, a bare nucleus. There is also a listing
of values of Ron and Roff that
may be useful to plan
nuclear observations. It is also useful to print the new
version of the Parameters measured from
the plots.
New light curves will be uploaded as soon as they
are available.