Astrophysical: Comets

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    (65) Cybele: detection of small silicate grains, water-ice, and organics

    Context. (65) Cybele is the most representative member of a population of primitive asteroids in the outer edge of the main belt, the Cybele asteroids. Recent...

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    10 μm observations of SL-9 crash onto Jupiter with CAMIRAS at NOT.

    From July 16th to July 27th, the authors have used the Saclay Mid-IR camera, CAMIRAS, mounted on the 2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope (La Palma island, Spain) to...

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    A catalog of observed nuclear magnitudes of Jupiter family comets

    A catalog of a sample of 105 Jupiter family (JF) comets (defined as those with Tisserand constants T > 2 and orbital periods P < 20 yr) is presented with our `...

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    A high-spectral-resolution catalog of emission lines in the visible spectrum of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

    Aims: Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is considered to be the brightest comet observed in the northern hemisphere since the passage of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) in...

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    A jet-related colour change in the inner coma of comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1)?

    Comet Hale-Bopp (1995 O1) has been intensely monitored with the 82cm IAC-80 Telescope at Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Spain. Multicolour photometry taken on...

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    A Short-duration Event as the Cause of Dust Ejection from Main-Belt Comet P/2012 F5 (Gibbs)

    We present observations and an interpretative model of the dust environment of the Main-Belt Comet P/2010 F5 (Gibbs). The narrow dust trails observed can be...

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    A targeted search for Main Belt Comets

    Main Belt Comets (MBCs) exhibit sublimation-driven activity while occupying asteroid-like orbits in the Main Asteroid Belt. MBCs and candidates show stronger...

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    Activity of the Jupiter co-orbital comet P/2019 LD<SUB>2</SUB> (ATLAS) observed with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC

    Context. The existence of comets with heliocentric orbital periods close to that of Jupiter (i.e., co-orbitals) has been known for some time. Comet 295P/LINEAR...