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Exocomets from a Solar System Perspective
Paul A. Strøm, Dennis Bodewits, Matthew M. Knight +24
Exocomets are small bodies releasing gas and dust which orbit stars other than the Sun. Their existence was first inferred from the detection of variable absorption features in ste…
Photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner during its 2018 apparition
Y. Moulane, E. Jehin, P. Rousselot +7
We report on photometry and high resolution spectroscopy of the chemically peculiar Jupiter-family Comet (hereafter JFC) 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. Comet 21P is a well known member of t…
Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov as seen by MUSE: C, NH and red CN detections
Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom, Alan Fitzsimmons +11
We report the clear detection of C and of abundant NH in the first prominently active interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov. We observed 2I on three nights in November 2019 at opt…
Atomic carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen forbidden emission lines in the water-poor comet C/2016 R2 (Pan-STARRS)
S. Raghuram, D. Hutsemékers, C. Opitom +3
The N and CO-rich and water-depleted comet C/2016 R2 (Pan-STARRS) (hereafter `C/2016 R2') is a unique comet for detailed spectroscopic analysis. We aim to explore the associate…
2I/Borisov: A C depleted interstellar comet
C. Opitom, A. Fitzsimmons, E. Jehin +9
The discovery of the first active interstellar object 2I/Borisov provides an unprecedented opportunity to study planetary formation processes in another planetary system. In partic…
Detection of CN gas in Interstellar Object 2I/Borisov
Alan Fitzsimmons, Olivier Hainaut, Karen Meech +8
The detection of Interstellar Objects passing through the Solar System offers the promise of constraining the physical and chemical processes involved in planetary formation in oth…