Interstellar Comets from Post-main-sequence Systems as Tracers of Extrasolar Oort Clouds

Interstellar Comets from Post-main-sequence Systems as Tracers of Extrasolar Oort Clouds

Interstellar small bodies are unique probes into the histories of exoplanetary systems. One hypothesized class of interlopers are “Jurads,” exocomets released into the Milky Way during the post-main-sequence as the thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch (AGB) host stars lose mass. In this study,...

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Main Authors: W. Garrett Levine, Aster G. Taylor, Darryl Z. Seligman, Devin J. Hoover, Robert Jedicke, Jennifer B. Bergner, Gregory P. Laughlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Interstellar objects
Exocomets
Comets
Asymptotic giant branch stars
White dwarf stars
Sky surveys
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acdf58

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https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acdf58

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