Triggering the Activity of Main Belt Comets

Author(s)
Thomas Maindl, Nader Haghighipour, C. Schaefer, Roland Speith, Rudolf Dvorak
Abstract

We present impact simulation results of meter-sized projectiles eroding the target's surface and discuss their implications for the origin of main belt comets.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
University of Hawaii, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Pages
1032 -
Publication date
03-2015
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/triggering-the-activity-of-main-belt-comets(ad5a7a5b-3238-4188-92cf-ce722be25065).html