Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000a%26a...360..375t&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 360, p.375-380
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Comets: Individual: 133P/Elst-Pizarro (P/1996 N2), Minor Planets, Asteroids, Solar System: General
Scientific paper
One of the most interesting objects among the small bodies in the Solar System is the intermediate object 7968 Elst-Pizarro classified as an asteroid-comet orbiting in the Themis region of the main belt, which showed a temporary dust tail activity in 1996. The impact-induced processes generated by multiple collisions with a debris cloud associated with another asteroid, are the preferred explanations for this activity. A computer search has shown that the most probable candidate for the parent body of the impactors to generate this temporary outburst activity, is the field asteroid 427 Galene.
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