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'Oumuamua as a Cometary Fractal Aggregate: the "Dust Bunny" Model

Jane X. Luu, Eirik G. Flekkøy, Renaud Toussaint, 2020. arXiv.

Proposes that a fractal aggregate could form in the inner coma of a fragmenting comet in another system's Oort cloud and be pushed out by radiation pressure.

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Luu, J. X., Flekkøy, E. G., & Toussaint, R. (2020). 'Oumuamua as a Cometary Fractal Aggregate: the "Dust Bunny" Model. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/abafa7
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