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Dust modelling and a dynamical study of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak during its 2017 perihelion passage

Dust modelling and a dynamical study of comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresak during its 2017 perihelion passage

Thanks to the Rosetta mission, our understanding of comets has greatly improved. A very good opportunity to apply this knowledge appeared in early 2017 with the appearance of the Jupiter family comet 41P/TGK. We performed an observational campaign with the TRAPPIST telescopes that covered almost the entire period of time …