A collision in 2009 as the origin of the debris trail of asteroid P/2010 A2

Snodgrass, C., Tubiana, C., Vincent, J.-B., Sierks, H., Hviid, S., Moissl, R., Boehnhardt, H., Barbieri, C., Koschny, D., Lamy, P., and others. (2010) A collision in 2009 as the origin of the debris trail of asteroid P/2010 A2. Nature, 467 (7317). pp. 814-816. ISSN 0028-0836. E-ISSN 1476-4687. (doi:10.1038/nature09453) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52288)

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature09453

Abstract

The peculiar object P/2010 A2 was discovered1 in January 2010 and given a cometary designation because of the presence of a trail of material, although there was no central condensation or coma. The appearance of this object, in an asteroidal orbit (small eccentricity and inclination) in the inner main asteroid belt attracted attention as a potential new member of the recently recognized2 class of main-belt comets. If confirmed, this new object would expand the range in heliocentric distance over which main-belt comets are found. Here we report observations of P/2010 A2 by the Rosetta spacecraft. We conclude that the trail arose from a single event, rather than a period of cometary activity, in agreement with independent results3. The trail is made up of relatively large particles of millimetre to centimetre size that remain close to the parent asteroid. The shape of the trail can be explained by an initial impact ejecting large clumps of debris that disintegrated and dispersed almost immediately. We determine that this was an asteroid collision that occurred around 10 February 2009. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.

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DOI/Identification number:	10.1038/nature09453
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Uncontrolled keywords:	asteroid, collision, comet, eccentricity, spacecraft, article, astronomy, dust, priority journal, space flight
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User:	Stephen Lowry
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2015 22:04 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52288 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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