TY - JOUR
T1 - The Main Belt Comets and Ice in the Solar System
AU - Snodgrass, Colin
AU - Agarwal, Jessica
AU - Combi, Michael
AU - Fitzsimmons, Alan
AU - Guilbert-Lepoutre, Aurelie
AU - Hsieh, Henry H.
AU - Hui, Man-To
AU - Jehin, Emmanuel
AU - Kelley, Michael S. P.
AU - Knight, Matthew
AU - Opitom, Cyrielle
AU - Orosei, Roberto
AU - Val-Borro, Miguel de
AU - Yang, Bin
N1 - Invited review for Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 43 pages + references. Product of ISSI team http://www.issibern.ch/teams/mainbeltcomets/
PY - 2017/11/14
Y1 - 2017/11/14
N2 - We review the evidence for buried ice in the asteroid belt; specifically the questions around the so-called Main Belt Comets (MBCs). We summarise the evidence for water throughout the Solar System, and describe the various methods for detecting it, including remote sensing from ultraviolet to radio wavelengths. We review progress in the first decade of study of MBCs, including observations, modelling of ice survival, and discussion on their origins. We then look at which methods will likely be most effective for further progress, including the key challenge of direct detection of (escaping) water in these bodies.
AB - We review the evidence for buried ice in the asteroid belt; specifically the questions around the so-called Main Belt Comets (MBCs). We summarise the evidence for water throughout the Solar System, and describe the various methods for detecting it, including remote sensing from ultraviolet to radio wavelengths. We review progress in the first decade of study of MBCs, including observations, modelling of ice survival, and discussion on their origins. We then look at which methods will likely be most effective for further progress, including the key challenge of direct detection of (escaping) water in these bodies.
KW - astro-ph.EP
U2 - 10.1007/s00159-017-0104-7
DO - 10.1007/s00159-017-0104-7
M3 - Review article
SN - 1432-0754
JO - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
JF - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
ER -