Comet 108P/Ciffreo: The Blob

Short-period comet 108P/Ciffreo is known for its peculiar double morphology, in which the nucleus is accompanied by a comoving, detached, diffuse “blob.” We report new observations of 108P/Ciffreo taken with the Hubble Space Telescope and the Nordic Optical Telescope and use them to determine the ca...

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Main Authors: Yoonyoung Kim, David Jewitt, Jane Luu, Jing Li, Max Mutchler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acba07