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…