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Pre-discovery Activity of New Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Beyond 5 AU
Quanzhi Ye, Michael S. P. Kelley, Bryce T. Bolin +15
Comet 2I/Borisov, the first unambiguous interstellar comet ever found, was discovered in August 2019 at au from the Sun on its inbound leg. No pre-discovery detection beyon…
A Twilight Search for Atiras, Vatiras and Co-orbital Asteroids: Preliminary Results
Quanzhi Ye, Frank J. Masci, Wing-Huen Ip +12
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that orbit the Sun on or within Earth's orbit are tricky to detect for Earth-based observers due to their proximity to the Sun in the sky. These small bod…
Rising from Ashes or Dying Flash? Mega Outburst of Small Comet 289P/Blanpain in 2013
Quanzhi Ye, David L. Clark
Jupiter-family comet 289P/Blanpain was first discovered in 1819 and was then lost for years, only to be rediscovered in 2003 as a small, weakly active comet. The comet is…
Debris of asteroid disruptions close to the Sun
Quanzhi Ye, Mikael Granvik
The under-abundance of asteroids on orbits with small perihelion distances suggests that thermally-driven disruption may be an important process in the removal of rocky bodies in t…
1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua) is Hot: Imaging, Spectroscopy and Search of Meteor Activity
Quan-Zhi Ye, Qicheng Zhang, Michael S. P. Kelley +1
1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), a recently discovered asteroid in a hyperbolic orbit, is likely the first macroscopic object of extrasolar origin identified in the solar system. Here, we p…