Published June 20, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

DETECTION OF COMA ACTIVITY OF THE ACO/QUASI-HILDA OBJECT 212P/2000YN30

  • 1. Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, No. 300, Jhongda Road, Jhongli City, Taoyuan County 32001, Taiwan (China)

Description

The quasi-Hilda object 212P/2000YN30, which has a cometary-like orbit, was found to display a dust tail structure between 2009 January and March. From orbital calculations, it is shown that this object could have been an active comet in the past before being transported to its current orbital configuration in quasi-stable 3:2 resonance with Jupiter.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/770/2/97

Additional details

Identifiers

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Journal Volume
770
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
[7 p.]
ISSN
0004-637X
CODEN
ASJOAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44082179
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTEROIDS; COMETS; CONFIGURATION; DETECTION; DUSTS; JUPITER PLANET; ORBITS; RESONANCE
Descriptors DEC
PLANETS