# Bodman 2016: KIC 8462852: Transit of a Large Comet Family

> Eva H. L. Bodman, Alice Quillen, 2016. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The quantitative comet-family model and its limits.

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# KIC 8462852: Transit of a Large Comet Family

Eva H. L. Bodman, Alice Quillen, 2016. _The Astrophysical Journal Letters 819(2), L34_.

Models the dips as swarms of comets. A close group of about 30 comets of 100 km radius, or 300 of 10 km, can reach a 20 per cent depth; a single comet family from a disrupted Ceres-sized body fits the last 60 days of Kepler data but not the large Quarter 8 dip.

**Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)** Articledoi: **[10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/l34](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/l34)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The quantitative comet-family model and its limits.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[A cluster of about 30 comets of 100 km radius, or 300 of 10 km, reaches a 20 per cent depth; one family from…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7CB234XD/a-cluster-of-about-30-comets-of-100-km-radius-or-300-of-10)

Evidence

EVD

[The same comet-family model does not explain the large Quarter 8 dip.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7CJW2VVB/the-same-comet-family-model-does-not-explain-the-large)

Evidence

EVD

[Tabby's star (KIC 8462852)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Bodman, E. H. L., & Quillen, A. (2016). KIC 8462852: Transit of a Large Comet Family. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 819(2), L34. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/l34
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/l34)

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