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Discovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1

  • H. H. Hsieh
  • , B. Yang
  • , N. Haghighipour
  • , H. M. Kaluna
  • , A. Fitzsimmons
  • , L. Denneau
  • , B. Novakovic
  • , R. Jedicke
  • , R. J. Wainscoat
  • , J. D. Armstrong
  • , S. R. Duddy
  • , S. C. Lowry
  • , C. A. Trujillo
  • , M. Micheli
  • , J. V. Keane
  • , L. Urban
  • , T. Riesen
  • , K. J. Meech
  • , S. Abe
  • , Y. C. Cheng
  • W. P. Chen, M. Granvik, T. Grav, W. H. Ip, D. Kinoshita, J. Kleyna, P. Lacerda, T. Lister, A. Milani, D. J. Tholen, P. Veres, C. M. Lisse, M. S. Kelley, Y. R. Fernandez, B. C. Bhatt, D. K. Sahu, N. Kaiser, K. C. Chambers, K. W. Hodapp, E. A. Magnier, P. A. Price, J. L. Tonry

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Abstract

We describe the discovery of comet-like activity in main-belt asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 (later re-designated as Comet P/2006 VW139) by Pan-STARRS1. We also detail follow-up photometric, spectroscopic, and dynamical analyses of the object.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6313
JournalAsteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16-20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan. LPI Contribution No. 1667, id.6313
Volume1667
Publication statusPublished - 01 May 2012

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