The dust and gas environment of comet 8P/Tuttle

Comet 8P/Tuttle has been selected as a possible backup target for the Comet Interceptor mission (ESA). This comet was observed intensively during its previous perihelion passage, in 2008 January. From those observations, important information was obtained about the physical properties of the nucleus and coma. This study focuses on the coma of 8P/Tuttle using visible spectra and images to derive ga...