Observational Characterization of Main-belt Comet and Candidate Main-belt Comet Nuclei

Observational Characterization of Main-belt Comet and Candidate Main-belt Comet Nuclei

We report observations of nine main-belt comets (MBCs) or candidate MBCs, most of which were obtained when the targets were apparently inactive. We find effective nucleus radii (assuming albedos of p _V = 0.05 ± 0.02) of r _n = (0.24 ± 0.05) km for 238P/Read, r _n = (0.9 ± 0.2) km for 313P/Gibbs, r...

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Main Authors: Henry H. Hsieh, Marco Micheli, Michael S. P. Kelley, Matthew M. Knight, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Jana Pittichová, Scott S. Sheppard, Audrey Thirouin, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Richard J. Wainscoat, Robert J. Weryk, Quanzhi Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Main-belt comets
Comet nuclei
Comets
Small Solar System bodies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acbdfe

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