1. For all observed comets brightness outbursts are occurring on the same heliocentric distances;
2. A quasi-periodicity of cometary outburst activity had been found. A mean value of this period is T = 6.8d (+/-) 0.6d;
3. The moments of sudden changes of the values of photometric parameter n coincide with the brightness outbursts of comets;
4. During brightness outbursts of comets the values of O-C (the deviations of observational photometric center from the mass center of cometary nucleus) are increasing.
These phenomena, found by authors, are new observational criterions for the development of a mechanism of cometary outburst activity.
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20040062107
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August 21, 2013
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March 15, 2004
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Publication: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV: Asteroids, Meteors, Comets
Publisher: Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Meeting: 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC)
Location: Houston, TX
Country: US
Start Date: March 15, 2004
End Date: March 19, 2004
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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