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20102020
most citedHubble Space Telescope Observations of Main Belt Comet (596) Scheila

112 citations · 848 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

astro-ph.EP2020★ 10 cited

Component properties and mutual orbit of binary main-belt comet 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139

Jessica Agarwal, Yoonyoung Kim, David Jewitt +3

The binary asteroid 288P/(300163) is unusual both for its combination of wide-separation and high mass ratio and for its comet-like activity. It is not currently known whether ther…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 8 cited

Active Asteroid P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)

David Jewitt, Yoonyoung Kim, Jayadev Rajagopal +7

Observations of active asteroid P/2017 S5 when near perihelion reveal the ejection of large (0.1 to 10 mm) particles at 0.2 to 2 m/s speeds, with estimated mass-loss rates of a few…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 18 cited

Physical properties of near-Earth asteroids with a low delta-: Survey of target candidates for the Hayabusa2 mission

Sunao Hasegawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Kohei Kitazato +40

Sample return from the near-Earth asteroid known as 25143 Itokawa was conducted as part of the Hayabusa mission, with a large number of scientific findings being derived from the r…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 26 cited

The Nucleus of Active Asteroid 311P/(2013 P5) PANSTARRS

David Jewitt, Harold Weaver, Max Mutchler +3

The unique inner-belt asteroid 311P/PANSTARRS (formerly P/2013 P5) is notable for its sporadic, comet-like ejection of dust in nine distinct epochs spread over 250 days in 20…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 37 cited

A binary main belt comet

Jessica Agarwal, David Jewitt, Max Mutchler +2

The asteroids are primitive solar system bodies which evolve both collisionally and through disruptions due to rapid rotation [1]. These processes can lead to the formation of bina…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 45 cited

Anatomy of an Asteroid Break-Up: The Case of P/2013 R3

Dave Jewitt, Jessica Agarwal, Jing Li +3

We present an analysis of new and published data on P/2013 R3, the first asteroid detected while disintegrating. Thirteen discrete components are measured in the interval between U…