Dust colour, phase behaviour, and Monte Carlo modelling of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from 4 au pre- to 4 au post-perihelion
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC(安达卢西亚天体物理研究所);Light Bridges, Observatorio Astronómico del Teide(光桥望远镜台);Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias(加那利天体物理研究所);Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna(拉帕尔马大学天体物理学系)
F. Moreno, M. Serra-Ricart, J. Licandro, P. J. Gutiérrez, L. M. Lara, I. Mariblanca-Escalona, M. R. Alarcón
We report multi-band photometric imaging observations and Monte Carlo dust tail modelling of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS covering a wide range of heliocentric distances, from about 4 au pre-perihelion to 4 au post-perihelion. The extensive imaging data set allowed us to constrain the dust physical properties, ejection speeds, and production rates as a function of heliocentric distance. The post-perihelion observations, obtained at high cadence in multiple photometric bands (SDSS g, r, i, and luminance filters) and spanning phase angles between approximately 0.7 deg and 30 deg, enabled us to determine the dust color and phase function. The resulting phase curve exhibits a prominent backscattering enhancement, distinct from those derived for Solar System comets, with an opposition surge of 0.1--0.4 mag, a width of 1--3 deg, and a linear phase coefficient of 0.02-0.04 mag/deg, consistent with independent pre-perihelion estimates. A possible interpretation of the imaging data, together with independent photometric measurements, indicates a dust size distribution characterized by a power-law index of -3.5, with minimum and maximum particle radii of rmin = 10 micrometer and rmax in the interval 1-10 cm. The reported water production rate correlates well with the dust production rate post-perihelion, but fails to do so pre-perihelion, an effect possibly linked to the high CO2/H2O ratio measured before perihelion. The derived maximum dust-loss rate at perihelion is (0.5-1.8)E4 kg/s.
Post-Perihelion Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈帕托莱斯大学);Planetary Science Institute(行星科学研究所);Georgia Institute of Technology(佐治亚理工学院);University of Illinois Urbana-(伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-)
Water Production of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from SOHO/SWAN Observations after Perihelion
University of Michigan(密歇根大学);Finnish Meteorological Institute(芬兰气象局);LATMOS/IPSL UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, CNRS(巴黎萨克雷大学、索邦大学、法国国家科学研究中心LATMOS/IPSL联合实验室);ACRI-st;LIRA, Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台LIRA)
利用SOHO/SWAN观测,研究星际彗星3I/ATLAS水生产率,发现其在近日点后9天的水生产率为3.17 x 10^29 s^-1,随后逐渐下降。
Post-perihelion Coma Composition of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from Optical Spectroscopy
CAS Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台光学天文重点实验室);Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)(中国科学院云南天文台);School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学天文学与空间科学学院);Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈帕托莱斯大学工程与科学学院天体物理研究所);Planetary Science Institute(行星科学研究所)
Tracking the Activity of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS through its Perihelion
Southwest Research Institute(西南研究院);School Observatory Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium(弗里德里希-席勒中学天文台);Jet Propulsion Laboratory(喷气推进实验室);Institute for Interstellar Studies (i4is US)(星际研究学院);SnT, University of Luxembourg(卢森堡大学科学与技术学院);French-Chilean Laboratory for Astronomy(法智天文学联合实验室)
Perihelion observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the IRAM 30-m telescope
LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris(巴黎天文台);IRAM(红外毫米波天文台);NASA Goddard Space Flight Center(美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心);Department of Physics, Catholic University of America(美利坚天主教大学物理系);Department of Physics, American University(美利坚大学物理系)
Origin and evolution of NiI and FeI in the coma of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS throughout its trajectory
Université de Liège(列日大学);University of Edinburgh(爱丁堡大学);Université Catholique de Louvain(天主教鲁汶大学);University of Canterbury(坎特伯雷大学);Auburn University(奥本大学);University of Helsinki(赫尔辛基大学);University of Padova(帕多瓦大学)
研究揭示了镍和铁在星际彗星3I/ATLAS彗核 coma 中的起源与演化,发现其金属产量显著高于太阳系彗星,并提出羰基假说解释其形成机制。
Multi-Wavelength Post-Perihelion Polarimetry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
University of Helsinki(赫尔辛基大学);Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences(保加利亚科学院天文研究所与国家天文台);Armagh Observatory & Planetarium(阿马天文台与天文馆);University of Maryland(马里兰大学);TU Braunschweig(布伦瑞克工业大学);INAF – Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino(意大利国家天体物理研究所都灵天文台);Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku(图卢大学ESO芬兰天文学中心);Luleå University of Technology(吕勒奥理工大学)
Post-perihelion Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Physical Research Laboratory(物理研究实验室);Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar(甘地纳加尔印度理工学院);Space sciences, Technologies & Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, University of Liège(列日大学空间科学、技术与天体物理研究(STAR)研究所);Cepheid Observatory(造父变星天文台);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln(内布拉斯加大学林肯分校物理与天文学系)
Perihelion Asymmetry in the Water Production Rate of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University(中山大学大气科学学院);National Research Council, Institute of Applied Physics ”Nello Carrara” (IFAC–CNR)(意大利国家研究委员会卡拉拉应用物理研究所);Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院新疆天文台)
Very Large Telescope observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS III: High-resolution monitoring of CN and forbidden oxygen emission across the perihelion passage with ESPRESSO
Pre-perihelion evolution of the NiI/FeI abundance ratio in the coma of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. From extreme to normal
Université de Liège(列日大学);University of Edinburgh(爱丁堡大学);Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile(智利天主教 Pontificia 大学);University of Canterbury(坎特伯雷大学);University of Helsinki(赫尔辛基大学)
Pre-perihelion observations of comet P/2023 JN16 (Lemmon) at the 2024 apparition
Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine(乌克兰国家科学院主天文台);Astronomical Observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv(基辅塔拉斯舍甫琴科国立大学天文台);Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University(澳大利亚国立大学天体物理学与天文学研究学院)
A translation of L. Euler's "On the motion of comets in parabolic orbits, having the Sun in the focus"
这是从拉丁文E840“De motu cometarum in orbitis parabolarian,solem in foco habentibus”的翻译,其中欧拉解决了六个与日心抛物轨道彗星有关的问题。问题1:从轨道的横距和地球到太阳的中等距离找到一颗日心彗星的真正异常。问题2:从三个给定的位置找到日心彗星的轨道。问题3:知道彗星的轨道,以及它停留在近日点的时刻,就可以定义它在任何时候的经度和纬度。问题四:从日心彗星的两个位置,找出彗星轨道相对于黄道的倾角,以及交点的位置。问题五:从彗星到达近日点之前或之后的时间,以及从太阳上看到的彗星到近日点的距离,找到在它出现在近日点之前或之后的另一个时间的相同距离。问题6:从三个给定的日心坐标和纬度找到彗星的轨道。从这些问题,几个推论和scholia派生。
Dynamically New Comet C/2025 D1 (Groeller) with Record Perihelion Distance
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海天文台);The University of Western Ontario(韦仕敦大学);ESA NEO Coordination Centre, Planetary Defence Office(欧洲空间局近地天体协调中心行星防御办公室)
Contemporaneous Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Pre- and Post-Perihelion
NSF Graduate Research Fellow(美国国家科学基金会研究生研究员);Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales(迭戈帕托莱斯大学工程与科学学院天文研究所);School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology(佐治亚理工学院地球与大气科学学院);Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, The Ohio State University(俄亥俄州立大学宇宙学与高能物理中心)
哈雷型彗星(HTC)的起源是太阳系动力学演化的最后谜团之一。先前对它们起源的研究集中在两个源区:奥尔特云和散射盘。从前者,它一直难以再现的非各向同性,在所观察到的HTC的倾斜分布,而不调用一个多组件的奥尔特云模型和特定的衰落的彗星的倾斜偏斜。散射盘起源的情况更好,但需要比目前理论和观测所主张的质量大一个数量级。在这里,我们重温奥尔特云的起源,包括彗星褪色。我们的观测样本来自喷气推进实验室目录。我们只保留1950年以后发现和观测的彗星,但对观测完整性的最大近日点距离没有先验限制。然后,我们从数值上演化出从奥尔特云到巨行星领域的50万颗彗星,并跟踪它们近日点距离q<2.5 AU的近日点通道的数量,低于这一点,活动应该会大大增加。我们可以用一个形式为m^-k的幂律衰减函数同时很好地拟合HTC倾角和半长轴分布,其中m是q<2.5 AU的近日点通过次数,k是衰减指数。当k~1和观测样本的最大近日点距离为q~1.8AU时,我们匹配了倾角和半长轴分布。k值高于长周期彗星(LPC)的k值,k约为0.7。这种k的增加很可能是彗星表面过程的结果。我们认为HTC样本现在很可能是完整的q <1.8AU. We calculate that the steady-state number of active HTCs with diameter D>2.3km和q<1.8AU是100的顺序。