From Centaurs to comets - 40 years

In 1977, while Apple II and Atari computers were being sold, a tiny dot was observed in an inconvenient orbit. The minor body 1977 UB, to be named (2060) Chiron, with an orbit between Saturn and Uranus, became the first Centaur, a new class of minor bodies orbiting roughly between Jupiter and Neptun...

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Autores principales: Peixinho, Nuno, Thirouin, Audrey, Tegler, Stephen C., Di Sisto, Romina Paula, Delsanti, Audrey, Guilbert Lepoutre, Aurélie, Bauer, James G.
Formato: Libro Capitulo de libro
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Springer 2020
Materias:
Ciencias Astronómicas
Physics
Astronomy
Orbit
Centaur
Uranus
Population
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Comet
Trans-neptunian object
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126064
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
Physics
Astronomy
Orbit
Centaur
Uranus
Population
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Comet
Trans-neptunian object
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
Physics
Astronomy
Orbit
Centaur
Uranus
Population
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Comet
Trans-neptunian object
Peixinho, Nuno
Thirouin, Audrey
Tegler, Stephen C.
Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Delsanti, Audrey
Guilbert Lepoutre, Aurélie
Bauer, James G.
From Centaurs to comets - 40 years
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
Physics
Astronomy
Orbit
Centaur
Uranus
Population
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
Comet
Trans-neptunian object
description In 1977, while Apple II and Atari computers were being sold, a tiny dot was observed in an inconvenient orbit. The minor body 1977 UB, to be named (2060) Chiron, with an orbit between Saturn and Uranus, became the first Centaur, a new class of minor bodies orbiting roughly between Jupiter and Neptune. The observed overabundance of short-period comets lead to the downfall of the Oort Cloud as exclusive source of comets and to the rise of the need for a Trans-Neptunian comet belt. Centaurs were rapidly seen as the transition phase between Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs), also known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) and the Jupiter-Family Comets (JFCs). Since then, a lot more has been discovered about Centaurs: they can have cometary activity and outbursts, satellites, and even rings. Over the past four decades since the discovery of the first Centaur, rotation periods, surface colors, reflectivity spectra and albedos have been measured and analyzed. However, despite such a large number of studies and complementary techniques, the Centaur population remains a mystery as they are in so many ways different from the TNOs and even more so from the JFCs.
format Libro
Capitulo de libro
author Peixinho, Nuno
Thirouin, Audrey
Tegler, Stephen C.
Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Delsanti, Audrey
Guilbert Lepoutre, Aurélie
Bauer, James G.
author_facet Peixinho, Nuno
Thirouin, Audrey
Tegler, Stephen C.
Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Delsanti, Audrey
Guilbert Lepoutre, Aurélie
Bauer, James G.
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title From Centaurs to comets - 40 years
title_short From Centaurs to comets - 40 years
title_full From Centaurs to comets - 40 years
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