activity
20172025
most citedThe thermal, mechanical, structural, and dielectric properties of cometary nuclei after Rosetta

100 citations · 325 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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16 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.EP20251 cited

Evolutionary Processes in the Centaur Region

Rosita Kokotanekova, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Matthew M. Knight +1

Centaurs populate relatively short-lived and rapidly evolving orbits in the giant-planet region and are believed to be one of the solar system's most complex and diverse population…

astro-ph.EP2025

The Origins & Reservoirs of Exocomets

Michele Bannister, Susanne Pfalzner, Tim Pearce +11

Small bodies exist in distinct populations within their planetary systems. These reservoir populations hold a range of compositions, which to first order are dependent on formation…

astro-ph.EP2025

Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrum

Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin +19

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be discovered. Pre-perihelion measurements provide a unique opportunity to study its activity and compositi…

astro-ph.EP2025

First JWST spectrum of distant activity in Long Period Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)

Colin Snodgrass, Carrie E. Holt, Michael S. P. Kelley +10

We observed the new Long Period Comet C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos), inbound at 7 au from the Sun, using the NIRSpec integral field unit on JWST. The spectrum shows absorption features due…

astro-ph.EP202412 cited

Coma composition and profiles of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks using long-slit spectroscopy

Lea Ferellec, Cyrielle Opitom, Abbie Donaldson +4

Comet 12P/Pons-Brook exhibited multiple large and minor outbursts in 2023 on its way to its 2024 perihelion, as it has done during its previous apparitions. We obtained long-slit o…