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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2(798), p. L34, 2014

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/798/2/l34

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Dust from Comet 209P/LINEAR during its 2014 Return: Parent Body of a New Meteor Shower, the May Camelopardalids

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Abstract

We report a new observation of the Jupiter family comet 209P/LINEAR during its 2014 return. The comet is recognized as a dust source of a new meteor shower, the May Camelopardalids. 209P/LINEAR was apparently inactive at a heliocentric distance r h = 1.6 AU and showed weak activity at r h 1.4 AU. We found an active region of