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Discovery of activity on Main Belt Asteroid 6993 (1995 BJ4)
Erin M. Clark, David E. Trilling, Revanth Munugala +9
We report the discovery of activity on asteroid 6993 (1995 BJ4) in the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) alert stream data on UT 2026 August 5, with the help of machine learning. Vis…
Tails and Trails: Comets and NEOs Survive Co-addition in Rubin Early Data Preview 2
Colin Orion Chandler, Joseph Murtagh, Ian Chow +11
We identify effectively single-visit imaging hidden within the deep co-added images of the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Early Data Preview 2 (EDP2). These shallow regions cont…
Colors and Dynamics of a Near-Sun Orbital Asteroid Family: 2021 PH27 and 2025 GN1
Scott Sheppard, Henry Hsieh, Petr Pokorny +6
We observed the dynamically similar near-Sun asteroids 2021 PH27 and 2025 GN1 for their optical colors. These objects have the lowest known semi-major axes of any asteroids. 2021 P…
Two Distinct Populations of Dark Comets Delineated by Orbits and Sizes
Darryl Z. Seligman, Davide Farnocchia, Marco Micheli +7
Small bodies are capable of delivering essential prerequisites for the development of life, such as volatiles and organics, to the terrestrial planets. For example, empirical evide…
Tuning the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Observing Strategy for Solar System Science: Incremental Templates in Year 1
James E. Robinson, Megan E. Schwamb, R. Lynne Jones +13
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is due to commence the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the end of 2025. To detect transient/variable sources and identify solar syst…
The Active Asteroids Citizen Science Program: Overview and First Results
Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo, William J. Oldroyd +20
We present the Citizen Science program Active Asteroids and describe discoveries stemming from our ongoing project. Our NASA Partner program is hosted on the Zooniverse online plat…
Semi-major Axis Jumps as the Activity Trigger in Centaurs and High-Perihelion Jupiter Family Comets
Eva Lilly, Peter Jevčák, Charles Schambeau +7
We present a dynamical study of 39 active Centaurs and 17 high-perihelion (q4.5 au) JFCs with a focus on investigating recent orbital changes as potential triggers for comet-lik…
Rotation of Cometary Nuclei: New Lightcurves and an Update of the Ensemble Properties of Jupiter-Family Comets
R. Kokotanekova, C. Snodgrass, P. Lacerda +6
We report new lightcurves and phase functions for nine Jupiter-family comets (JFCs). They were observed in the period 2004-2015 with various ground telescopes as part of the Survey…