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Detailed Characterization of Low Activity Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux
Laurie E. U. Chu, Karen J. Meech, Tony L. Farnham +6
Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux is a well known low-activity Jupiter Family comet. Despite the low activity, we have witnessed outgassing activity in 1992, 2004, and 2012. In 2012 a broad t…
First Results from TESS Observations of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Tony L. Farnham, Michael S. P. Kelley, Matthew M. Knight +1
We report on initial results from 20 days' worth of TESS spacecraft observations of comet 46P/Wirtanen. The long-duration, high-cadence measurements show a 2018 September 26 outbur…
Comet 240P/NEAT is Stirring
Michael S. P. Kelley, Dennis Bodewits, Quanzhi Ye +13
Comets are primitive objects that formed in the protoplanetary disk, and have been largely preserved over the history of the Solar System. However, they are not pristine, and surfa…
Local manifestations of cometary activity
Jean-Baptiste Vincent, Tony Farnham, Ekkehard Kührt +5
Comets are made of volatile and refractory material and naturally experience various degrees of sublimation as they orbit around the Sun. This gas release, accompanied by dust, rep…
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives
Matthew J. Graham, S. R. Kulkarni, Eric C. Bellm +114
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public-private enterprise, is a new time domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg$^2…
The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results
Eric C. Bellm, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, Matthew J. Graham +112
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) is a new optical time-domain survey that uses the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope. A custom-built wide-field camera provides a 47 deg fiel…