Disintegration of Long-period Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard)

We present imaging observations of the disintegrating long-period comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard). High-resolution observations with the Hubble Space Telescope show no evidence for surviving fragments, and place a 3 σ upper limit on their possible radius of ∼60 m (albedo 0.1 assumed). In contrast, wide-fi...

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Principais autores:	David Jewitt, Yoonyoung Kim, Michael Mattiazzo, Max Mutchler, Jing Li, Jessica Agarwal
格式:	Artigo
語言:	Inglês
出版:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
叢編:	The Astronomical Journal
主題:	Comet nuclei Comets Long period comets Comet volatiles
在線閱讀:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acb53b
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