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Two distinct populations of dark comets delineated by orbits and sizes
Darryl Z. Seligman, Davide Farnocchia, Marco Micheli et al., 2024. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Adds seven more dark comets, doubling the sample, finds no dust in archival or targeted images, and separates two populations: larger outer dark comets on eccentric orbits that look like the quiet end of ordinary comets, and smaller inner ones on near-circular orbits. PNAS 121, e2406424121.
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The 2024 state of the dark-comet population.
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Seligman, D. Z., Farnocchia, D., Micheli, M., Hainaut, O. R., Hsieh, H. H., Feinstein, A. D., Chesley, S. R., Taylor, A. G., Masiero, J., & Meech, K. J. (2024). Two distinct populations of dark comets delineated by orbits and sizes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406424121
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title = {Two distinct populations of dark comets delineated by orbits and sizes},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
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Seligman, Darryl Z. et al.. “Two distinct populations of dark comets delineated by orbits and sizes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406424121.