Activity in centaur-like Jupiter-family comet 2023 RN 3

Hsieh, Henry H., Kelley, Michael S. P., Lister, Tim A., Usher, Helen, Gomez, Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5749-1507, Chatelain, Joseph P. and Greenstreet, Sarah 2023. Activity in centaur-like Jupiter-family comet 2023 RN 3. Research Notes of the AAS 7 (12) , 263. 10.3847/2515-5172/ad12ce

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Abstract

We present multi-filter observations of Centaur-like Jupiter-family comet 2023 RN3 conducted as part of the Las Cumbres Observatory Outbursting Objects Key Project, as well as analysis of archival data in which 2023 RN3 was expected to be present. We find clear evidence of comet-like mass loss in the form of an extended morphology on UT 2023 November 16 and 18, and an increase in intrinsic brightness of >4 mag between 2022 September and 2023 November. We also report broadband colors for the coma of g′−r′=0.61±0.03 , r′−i′=0.30±0.03 , and i′−z′=0.04±0.08 , giving a g′r′i′ spectral slope of S′=(12±2)% /100 nm.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, Type: cc-by
Publisher:	IOP
ISSN:	2515-5172
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 December 2023
Date of Acceptance:	6 December 2023
Last Modified:	02 May 2024 09:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/164657

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