2 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Intercepting Interstellar Objects
Colin Snodgrass, Marina Galand, Arnaud Beth +3
We describe how the ESA Comet Interceptor mission, which is due to launch in 2028/29 to a yet-to-be-discovered target, can provide a conceptual basis for a future mission to visit…
astro-ph.EP2025
Dust environment of long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Fernando Moreno, Charlotte Goetz, Francisco J. Aceituno +3
We present a characterization of the dust environment of long-period comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) by analyzing an extensive dataset, including dust tail images and photometr…