P/2017 S5: Another Active Asteroid Associated with the Theobalda Family

Abstract

In this note we have shown that a newly discovered comet P/2017 S5 (ATLAS), that moves around the Sun in an asteroid-like orbit, is a member of the Theobalda asteroid family.

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