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On the rate at which comets split (1994)

Chen, Jun ; Jewitt, David

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Publication Date: 2019-08-27

Description: We use time-resolved charge-coupled device (CCD) images to assess the frequency of splitting of comets. When blinked on a computer, the CCD images provide relatively high and uniform sensitivity to comoving companions. We find that 3 comets are split in a sample of 49, and estimate that the cometary splitting rate is S approximately 0.01 per year per comet or larger. This large rate suggests that splitting may be an important destructive process for the cometary nuclei.

Keywords: ASTRONOMY

Type: ICARUS (ISSN 0019-1035); 108; 2, pt; p. 265-271

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