Browsing IIAP Publications by Author "Wainscoat, Richard"

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Disintegration of active asteroid P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS)

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 ...
TNO or Comet? The Search for Activity and Characterization of Distant Object 418993 (2009 MS9)

Bufanda, Erica; Meech, Karen J; Kleyna, Jan T; Hainaut, Olivier R; Bauer, James M; Stephens, Haynes; Veres, Peter; Micheli, Marco; Keane, Jacqueline V; Weryk, Robert; Wainscoat, Richard; Sahu, D. K; Bhatt, B. C (American Astronomical Society, 2023-01)

The perihelion of the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) 2009 MS9 brings it close to the distance where some longperiod comets are seen to become active. Knowing this, and the fact that this object appears to brighten in excess ...

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