IAU Colloquium 168
Cometary Nuclei in Space and Time

Nanjing, China
May 18-22, 1998

Electronically-submitted Abstracts of Participants


Outbursts of Comet Hale-Bopp
Yang Benyou(1), Zhang Chunsheng(1), Fan Yixin(1), Cai Hongfang(1), \\ Sun Shousheng(2), Zhang Yan(2), Sun Linan(2)
(1) Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; (2) Qingdao Station of Purple Mountain Observatory, Qingdao 266003, China

In this paper,we present the observations of Comet Hale-Bopp by means of photoelectric and photographic photometry during the period from September to November of 1996. It is shown that there appears to have been 3 outbursts around 24 Sept., 26 Oct. and 13 Nov.; and it is also possible that an event of outburst has taken place around 9 Oct.



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