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astro-ph.EP2014★ 1 cited
Temporal Correlation Between Outbursts and Fragmentation Events of Comet 168P/Hergenrother
Zdenek Sekanina
Outbursts are known to begin with a sudden appearance and steep brightening of a "stellar nucleus" --- an unresolved image of a plume of material on its way from the comet's surfac…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 16 cited
Strong Erosion-Driven Nongravitational Effects in Orbital Motions of the Kreutz Sungrazing System's Dwarf Comets
Zdenek Sekanina, Rainer Kracht
We investigate the relationships among the angular orbital elements --- the longitude of the ascending node, Omega, the inclination, i, and the argument of perihelion, omega --- of…
astro-ph.EP2014★ 19 cited
Disintegration of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) Shortly Before Perihelion: Evidence from Independent Data Sets
Zdenek Sekanina, Rainer Kracht
As an Oort Cloud object with a record small perihelion distance of 2.7 Rsun and discovered more than a year before its encounter with the Sun, comet C/2012 S1 is a subject of consi…