[meteorite-list] Comets C/2002 A1 (LINEAR) & C/2002 A2 (LINEAR)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:45 2004
Message-ID: <200201112038.MAA13019_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

IAU Circular 7788 released today reports on the discovery of a pair of
interesting comets: C/2002 A1 (LINEAR) and C/2002 A2 (LINEAR).
They were both discovered near
Jupiter and in almost identical orbits. Though the
circular doesn't state as such, it seems very apparent to me that the
two new objects are the result of a comet breakup, perhaps caused by
their near-Jupiter flyby (around 0.4 AU) last summer.

Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 11 Jan 2002 03:38:44 PM PST