Comets may have played an important role in depositing the organic matter that, between 4,6 and 3,6 billion of years ago, allowed the formation of life on the...
Origin of two primitive NEAs: (3200) Phaethon and 1998 RQ36
Understanding the composition and the nature of any asteroid approaching the Earth, and consequently potentially hazardous, is a matter of general interest...
Outburst activity in comets - II. A multiband photometric monitoring of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
We have carried out a continuous multiband photometric monitoring of the nuclear activity of comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 from 2008 to 2010. Our main aim...
The authors present the results of narrow-band filter photometry of Periodic Comet Faye obtained from Estacion Astronomica "Dr. Carlos U. Cesco" of Felix...
Physical and dynamical characterization of hyperbolic comet C/2017 U7 (PANSTARRS)
We present here a dynamical and observational study of the comet C/2017 U7 (PANSTARRS). This comet was discovered in 2017 and found to have a hyperbolic orbit...
Planet Hunters IX. KIC 8462852 - where's the flux?
Over the duration of the Kepler mission, KIC 8462852 was observed to undergo irregularly shaped, aperiodic dips in flux of up to ˜20 per cent. The dipping...
Pre-perihelion monitoring of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
The discovery of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov offered the unique opportunity to obtain a detailed analysis of an object coming from another planetary system...
Primitive materials preserved in meteorites and comets: clues on the stellar sources producing short-lived nuclides and presolar grains
Short-lived nuclides (SLNs) were incorporated to the solar nebula at the time of condensation of the first minerals from the vapor phase. The study of the...