3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Considerations on the process of target selection for the Comet Interceptor mission
C. Snodgrass, E. Mazzotta Epifani, C. Tubiana +27
Comet Interceptor is an ESA science mission with payload contributions from ESA Member States and with an international participation by JAXA. It is the first mission that is being…
astro-ph.EP2025
Alkali phenoxides in comets
M. Fulle, P. Molaro, A. Rotundi +4
Potassium was first detected in spectra of the sungrazer comet Ikeya-Seki at the heliocentric distance rh = 0.15 au and, 48 years later, in comets PanSTARRS and ISON at rh = 0.46 a…
astro-ph.EP2024
How much earlier would LSST have discovered currently known long-period comets?
Laura Inno, Margherita Scuderi, Ivano Bertini +10
Among solar system objects, comets coming from the Oort Cloud are an elusive population, intrinsically rare and difficult to detect. Nonetheless, as the more pristine objects we ca…