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Deep learning-enabled size estimation of comets indicates a more dynamic early solar system. [PDF]
Nat CommunThe formation and evolution of the Solar System’s two major comet reservoirs, the Oort Cloud and the Scattered Disk, remain poorly constrained. Observations of comet flux imply a population ratio between these reservoirs that exceeds predictions from ...
Zhao S, Shi X, Lei H, Hui MT, Shi J.
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Water Production Activity of Nine Long-Period Comets from SOHO/SWAN Observations of Hydrogen Lyman-alpha: 2013-2016. [PDF]
Icarus, 2018 Combi MR +6 more
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CO and CO2 Productions Rates of Comets Observed by NEOWISE within Year 1 of the Reactivated Mission
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We report on the observed fluxes of the comets detected by NEOWISE during the first year of operations after the spacecraft’s reactivation. The sample included 57 comets.
Adeline Gicquel +4 more
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Disintegration of Long-period Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 We present imaging observations of the disintegrating long-period comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard). High-resolution observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show no evidence for surviving fragments, and place a 3 σ upper limit on their possible radius of ...
David Jewitt +5 more
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Splitting of Long-period Comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Long-period comet C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS) was observed to show duplicity of its inner region in 2020 September, suggestive of a splitting event. We here present analyses of our observations of the comet taken from the LCO Outbursting Objects Key project ...
Man-To Hui +6 more
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Dust Properties of Comets Observed by Spitzer
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 As comets journey into the inner solar system, they deliver particulates and volatile gases into their comae that reveal the most primitive materials in the solar system.
David E. Harker +3 more
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Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinction
Scientific Reports, 2021 The origin of the Chicxulub impactor, which is attributed as the cause of the K/T mass extinction event, is an unsolved puzzle. The background impact rates of main-belt asteroids and long-period comets have been previously dismissed as being too low to ...
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb
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The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We measured the chemical composition of comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) using the long-slit echelle grating spectrograph iSHELL/IRTF on 2021 December 20 and on 2022 January 8 and 9.
Sara Faggi +3 more
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The activity characteristics and mechanisms of long-period comets
Earth and Planetary PhysicsComets are small celestial bodies orbiting around the Sun. They are remnants left over from the formation of the solar system; their interiors store original material of the planetary disk within the solar system. They are thus "fossils" for studying the
YingQi Wu +3 more
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement SeriesWe present the first results from the Cometary Object Study Investigating their Nature and Evolution (COSINE) project, based on a uniformly processed data set of 484 comets observed over the full 15 yr duration of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (
Yuna G. Kwon +10 more
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