A binary main-belt comet

Jessica Agarwal (), David Jewitt, Max Mutchler, Harold Weaver and Stephen Larson
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Jessica Agarwal: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
David Jewitt: Planetary and Space Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles
Max Mutchler: Space Telescope Science Institute
Harold Weaver: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Stephen Larson: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona

Nature, 2017, vol. 549, issue 7672, 357-359

Abstract: Analysis based on high-resolution observations from the Hubble Space Telescope shows that the asteroid 288P is a binary main-belt comet, with properties unlike any known binary asteroid.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nature23892

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