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Feasibility of the Phobos 1 Hypothesis for Dark Comet 1998 KY
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Abraham Loeb
The asteroid 1998 KY has been the subject of thorough observation, both optical and radar, from shortly following its discovery on 28 May 1998, through 2 further close appar…
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Is the Dark Comet 1998 KY the Spacecraft Phobos 1?
Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl, Carlos Gómez de Olea Ballester +1
Since the discovery of new kinds of celestial bodies known as , scientists have speculated about their ontology. A curious hybrid of comet and asteroid, these objects…