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The Active Asteroids
Dave Jewitt
Some asteroids eject dust, unexpectedly producing transient, comet-like comae and tails. First ascribed to the sublimation of near-surface water ice, mass losing asteroids (also ca…
astro-ph.EP2011★ 112 cited
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Main Belt Comet (596) Scheila
David Jewitt, Harold Weaver, Max Mutchler +2
We present Hubble Space Telescope Observations of (596) Scheila during its recent dust outburst. The nucleus remained point-like with absolute magnitude V(1,1,0) = 8.85+/-0.02 in o…