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most citedA LOOK at Outbursts of Comet C/2014 UN (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) Near 20 au

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astro-ph.EP2026

A Look at Eight Outbursts of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke

Ky Huynh, Michael S. P. Kelley, Jessica M. Sunshine +6

Cometary outbursts may be used as a means to infer the physical processes occurring on cometary nuclei. To that end, we studied eight outbursts of comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke identified…

astro-ph.EP2025

Sequential Fragmentation of C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) After Its Near-Sun Passage

Dennis Bodewits, John W. Noonan, Michael S. P. Kelley +6

Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) reached perihelion at 0.33 au on 2025 October 8. Daily monitoring by the LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project revealed a major activity increase between Nove…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

First Detection of Molecular Activity in the Largest Known Oort Cloud Comet: ALMA Imaging of C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) at 16.6 au from the Sun

Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner +12

We report observations of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) carried out on UT 2024 March 8 and 17 at a heliocentric distance () of 16.6 au using the Atac…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 2 cited

Ejecta Evolution Following a Planned Impact into an Asteroid: The First Five Weeks

Theodore Kareta, Cristina Thomas, Jian-Yang Li +85

The impact of the DART spacecraft into Dimorphos, moon of the asteroid Didymos, changed Dimorphos' orbit substantially, largely from the ejection of material. We present results fr…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 15 cited

A LOOK at Outbursts of Comet C/2014 UN (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) Near 20 au

Michael S. P. Kelley, Rosita Kokotanekova, Carrie E. Holt +10

Cometary activity may be driven by ices with very low sublimation temperatures, such as carbon monoxide ice, which can sublimate at distances well beyond 20 au. This point is empha…

astro-ph.EP2022

The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status

Tim Lister, Michael S. P. Kelley, Carrie E. Holt +32

The LCO Outbursting Objects Key (LOOK) Project uses the telescopes of the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) Network to: (1) to systematically monitor a sample of Dynamically New Comets…