Hainaut, O. R; Kleyna, J. T; Meech, K. J; Boslough, Mark; Micheli, Marco; Wainscoat, Richard; Dela Cruz, Marielle; Keane, J. V; Sahu, D. K; Bhatt, B. C
(EDP Sciences, 2019-08)
We report on the catastrophic disintegration of P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS), an active asteroid, in April 2016. Deep images over three months show that the object is made up of a central concentration of fragments surrounded by ...