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20202025
most citedThe carbon monoxide-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov

118 citations · 149 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

astro-ph.EP20251 cited

The ejection velocities of interstellar objects signpost their progenitor system architectures

Leah Albrow, Michele T. Bannister, John C. Forbes +1

Interstellar objects (ISOs) ejected from planetary systems carry kinematic signatures of their formation environments. The properties of these velocity distributions govern the ISO…

astro-ph.EP202530 cited

From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population model

Matthew J. Hopkins, Rosemary C. Dorsey, John C. Forbes +3

The discovery of the third interstellar object (ISO), 3I/ATLAS (`3I'), provides a rare chance to directly observe a small body from another Solar System. Studying its chemistry and…

astro-ph.EP2025

Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrum

Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin +19

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be discovered. Pre-perihelion measurements provide a unique opportunity to study its activity and compositi…

astro-ph.EP2025

A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov

Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom +12

The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the first interstellar object where compositional characterisation was possible throughout its entire perihelion passage. We report all 16 epoc…

astro-ph.EP2025

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)

Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić +305

We report on the observation and measurement of astrometry, photometry, morphology, and activityof the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, also designated C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) with the NSF-…

astro-ph.GA2025

Semi-analytic Orbits: A Practical Implementation of Lynden-Bell's Planar Orbits and Extension to Vertical Oscillations

John C. Forbes, Michele T. Bannister, Angus Forrest +2

We present a practical implementation of the perturbation theory derived by Lynden-Bell (2015) for describing, to arbitrary precision, the orbit of a particle in an arbitrary spher…