Impact-triggered breakup of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR): Identification of the closest intersecting orbits of other small bodies with its orbit

Details Impact-triggered breakup of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR): Identification of the closest intersecting orbits of other small bodies with its orbit Impact-triggered breakup of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR): Identification of the closest intersecting orbits of other small bodies with its orbit

Mar 2001

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.368, p.L25-L28 (2001)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Comets: Individual: C/1999 S4 (Linear), Meteors, Meteoroids, Minor Planets, Asteroids, Solar System: General

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As we are still not certain of the causes of the splitting of comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR), we attempt to explain the initiation and/or triggering of the breakup of the nucleus of this comet by impact-induced events from possible larger debris or a debris cloud dispersed around the orbits of known asteroids. A computer search showed that Comet C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) crossed the orbits of seven known asteroids from December 1999 to March 2000. Impact-induced activity may have initiated or contributed to the breakup process of this comet in late 1999 or early 2000 creating the observed fragments in July and August 2000.

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