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MAIN-BELT COMET 238P/READ REVISITED [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 13 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ ...
Hsieh, Henry H. +2 more
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Triggering Comet-Like Activity of Main Belt Comets [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015 AbstractMain Belt Comets (MBCs) have attracted a great deal of interest since their identification as a new class of bodies by Hsieh and Jewitt in 2006. Much of this interest is due to the implication that MBC activity is driven by the sublimation of volatile material (presumed to be water-ice) presenting these bodies as probable candidates for the ...
Haghighipour, Nader +4 more
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TRIGGERING SUBLIMATION-DRIVEN ACTIVITY OF MAIN BELT COMETS [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2016 ABSTRACT It has been suggested that the comet-like activity of main belt comets (MBCs) is due to the sublimation of sub-surface water–ice that has been exposed as a result of their surfaces being impacted by meter-sized bodies. We have examined the viability of this scenario by simulating impacts between meter-sized and kilometer-sized ...
N. Haghighipour +4 more
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Puzzling Snowballs: Main Belt Comets [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2012 AbstractMain belt comets (MBCs) are a class of newly discovered objects that exhibit comet-like appearances and yet are dynamically indistinguishable from ordinary main belt asteroids. The measured size and albedo of MBCs are similar to those of classical comets.
Bin Yang, Karen Meech
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MAIN-BELT COMET P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 15 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ ...
Hsieh, Henry H. +27 more
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Comet 66P/du Toit: not a near-Earth main belt comet [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019 Context. Main belt comets (MBCs) are a peculiar class of volatile-containing objects with comet-like morphology and asteroid-like orbits. However, MBCs are challenging targets to study remotely due to their small sizes and the relatively large distance they are from the Sun and the Earth.
Yang, Bin +8 more
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ON THE DUST ENVIRONMENT OF MAIN-BELT COMET 313 P/Gibbs [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables.
Pozuelos Romero, Francisco José +3 more
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Triggering the Activation of Main-belt Comets: The Effect of Porosity [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 Abstract It has been suggested that the comet-like activity of Main-belt comets (MBCs) is due to the sublimation of sub-surface water-ice that is exposed when these objects are impacted by meter-sized bodies. We recently examined this scenario and showed that such impacts can, in fact, excavate ice and present a plausible mechanism for ...
N. Haghighipour +3 more
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Limits on the size and orbit distribution of main belt comets [PDF]
Icarus, 2011 58 pages, 9 ...
Sonnett, S. +3 more
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High-resolution Study of Planetesimal Formation by Gravitational Collapse of Pebble Clouds
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Planetary embryos are built through the collisional growth of 10–100 km-sized objects called planetesimals, a formerly large population of objects, of which asteroids, comets, and Kuiper Belt objects represent the leftovers from planet formation in our ...
Brooke Polak, Hubert Klahr
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