3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
JWST and Gemini Observations of the Active Centaur 450P/LONEOS: Nucleus and Coma Characterizations
Charles A. Schambeau, Michael S. P. Kelley, Maria Womack +16
Between 2019 and 2024, we used the Gemini-N and JWST observatories to conduct a detailed case study of the active Centaur 450P/LONEOS, whose orbit was significantly altered by a cl…
astro-ph.EP2026
A Search for the Lost Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales)
Quanzhi Ye, Tony L. Farnham, Perry Cai +1
Short-period comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) underwent a significant outburst of ~mag in 2010 and has not been detected since that apparition. Here we report our recovery attempt of…
astro-ph.EP2024
Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU
Chemeda Ejeta, Erika Gibb, Michael A. DiSanti +11
Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) provided a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of coma composition and outgassing patterns over a transitional heliocentric distance (Rh) ran…