3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Exocometary physics: material release and tails
Théo Vrignaud, Dennis Bodewits, Jake Hanlon +5
Despite decades of observations, the physical processes governing mass loss from small bodies beyond our Solar System remain poorly constrained. These exocomets are often treated a…
astro-ph.EP2025
Covertly Active Comet (139359) 2001 ME1
Qicheng Zhang, Quanzhi Ye, Karl Battams +3
On 2018 November 18, coronagraphs onboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured an unrecognized comet crossing its fields of view. We identified this comet to be t…
astro-ph.EP2025
A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH-rich interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom +12
The interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the first interstellar object where compositional characterisation was possible throughout its entire perihelion passage. We report all 16 epoc…