Exocomets are becoming more interesting, given their detections are more promising and well studied. So, naming them is of more importance now than ever. Today’s bite summarizes a paper that proposes a nomenclature for exocomets.
Comets are falling. Speedometer getting low. According to today’s sources: Slow impacts are the way to go.
Dive into the weeds of modeling the small bodies in the far reaches of the solar system.
Summary of the Malaysian Astronomy session at IAUS 377, the first IAU conference in Southeast Asia since 1990!
Think comets are simply just ice and rock? You’ll be surprised at the range of interactions in their atmospheres. Find out more at Prof. Dennis Bodewits’ #AAS240 plenary talk!
What if a planet-killer type asteroid would impact Earth in six months time? How could we go about preventing such an existential threat?