Down But Not Out: The Case of Long-period Comet C/2021 O3 (Panstarrs)

We combine ground- and space-based observations of long-period comet C/2021 O3 (Panstarrs; perihelion distance 0.287 au) in order to investigate its reported near-perihelion destruction. Preperihelion photometric observations show a remarkably small heliocentric dependence of the scattered light, $\...

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Main Authors: David Jewitt, Jing Li, Michael Jaeger, Yoonyoung Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astronomical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/adea4d
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