3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
A Search for the Lost Comet P/2010 H2 (Vales)
Quanzhi Ye, Tony L. Farnham, Perry Cai +1
Short-period comet P/2010 H2 (Vales) underwent a significant outburst of ~mag in 2010 and has not been detected since that apparition. Here we report our recovery attempt of…
astro-ph.EP2025
Small Near-Earth Objects in the Taurid Resonant Swarm
Quanzhi Ye, Jasmine Li, Denis Vida +2
The Taurid Resonant Swarm (TRS) within the Taurid Complex hosts dynamically-concentrated debris in a 7:2 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Fireball observations have confirmed th…
astro-ph.EP2025
Prediscovery Activity of New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: A Dynamically-Old Comet?
Quanzhi Ye, Michael S. P. Kelley, Henry H. Hsieh +9
We report on the prediscovery observations and constraints of the new interstellar comet 3I/2025 N1 (ATLAS), made by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), for the inbound leg of the…