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20072025
most citedEvidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles

190 citations · 545 across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

astro-ph.EP2025

Considerations on the process of target selection for the Comet Interceptor mission

C. Snodgrass, E. Mazzotta Epifani, C. Tubiana +27

Comet Interceptor is an ESA science mission with payload contributions from ESA Member States and with an international participation by JAXA. It is the first mission that is being…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

Alkali phenoxides in comets

M. Fulle, P. Molaro, A. Rotundi +4

Potassium was first detected in spectra of the sungrazer comet Ikeya-Seki at the heliocentric distance rh = 0.15 au and, 48 years later, in comets PanSTARRS and ISON at rh = 0.46 a…

astro-ph.EP2024

How much earlier would LSST have discovered currently known long-period comets?

Laura Inno, Margherita Scuderi, Ivano Bertini +10

Among solar system objects, comets coming from the Oort Cloud are an elusive population, intrinsically rare and difficult to detect. Nonetheless, as the more pristine objects we ca…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

Multi-instrument analysis of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko coma particles: COPS-GIADA data fusion

Boris Pestoni, Kathrin Altwegg, Vincenzo Della Corte +6

The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has offered scientists the opportunity to study a comet in unprecedented detail. Four instruments of…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 13 cited

A systematic validation of hot Neptunes in TESS data

Christian Magliano, Giovanni Covone, Richa Dobal +26

We statistically validated a sample of hot Neptune candidates applying a two-step vetting technique using DAVE and TRICERATOPS. We performed a systematic validation of 250 transit-…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 8 cited

Investigation of dust grains by optical tweezers for space applications

A. Magazzù, D. Bronte Ciriza, A. Musolino +10

Cosmic dust plays a dominant role in the universe, especially in the formation of stars and planetary systems. Furthermore, the surface of cosmic dust grains is the bench-work wher…