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20122026
most citedDiscovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1

63 citations · 72 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Discovery of activity on Main Belt Asteroid 6993 (1995 BJ4)

Erin M. Clark, David E. Trilling, Revanth Munugala +9

We report the discovery of activity on asteroid 6993 (1995 BJ4) in the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) alert stream data on UT 2026 August 5, with the help of machine learning. Vis…

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.EP2024★ 8 cited

The Discovery and Evolution of a Possible New Epoch of Cometary Activity by the Centaur (2060) Chiron

Matthew M. Dobson, Megan E. Schwamb, Alan Fitzsimmons +24

Centaurs are small Solar System objects on chaotic orbits in the giant planet region, forming an evolutionary continuum with the Kuiper belt objects and Jupiter-family comets. Some…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

The Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission

A. K. Mainzer, Joseph R. Masiero, Paul A. Abell +34

The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is a NASA observatory designed to discover and characterize near-Earth asteroids and comets. The mission's primary objective is to find…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 63 cited

Discovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1

Henry H. Hsieh, Bin Yang, Nader Haghighipour +39

Main belt asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 (later designated P/2006 VW139) was discovered to exhibit comet-like activity by the Pan-STARRS1 survey telescope using automated point-sprea…