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…