Constraints on the Physical Properties of Main Belt Comet P/2013 R3 from its Breakup Event

Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Daniel J. Scheeres, Paul Sánchez +1

Jewitt et al. (2014) recently reported that main belt comet P/2013 R3 experienced a breakup, probably due to rotational disruption, with its components separating on mutually hyper…