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A collision in 2009 as the origin of the debris trail of asteroid P/2010 A2 by Snodgrass, Colin, Tubiana, Cecilia, Vincent, Jean-Baptiste, Sierks, Holger, Hviid, Stubbe, Moissl, Richard, Boehnhardt, Hermann, Barbieri, Cesare, Koschny, Detlef, Lamy, Philippe, Rickman, Hans, Rodrigo, Rafael, Carry, Benoît, Lowry, Stephen C, Laird, Ryan J. M, Weissman, Paul R, Fitzsimmons, Alan, Marchi, Simone

“…The peculiar object P/2010 A2 was discovered in January 2010 and given a cometary designation because of the presence of a trail of material, although there…”
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Structure and density of cometary nuclei by WEISSMAN, Paul R., LOWRY, Stephen C.

“…— Understanding the nature of the cometary nucleus remains one of the major problems in solar system science. Whipple's (1950) icy conglomerate model has been…”
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The Large-Grained Dust Coma of 174P/Echeclus by Bauer, James M., Choi, Young-Jun, Weissman, Paul R., Stansberry, John A., Fernández, Yanga R., Roe, Henry G., Buratti, Bonnie J., Sung, Hyun-Il

“…On 2005 December 30, Y.-J. Choi and P. R. Weissman discovered that the formerly dormant Centaur 2000 EC98 was in strong outburst. Previous observations by P…”
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CCD observations of distant comets from Palomar and Steward Observatories by Lowry, Stephen C, Weissman, Paul R

“…We are conducting a ground-based observational study of distant cometary nuclei with the aim of increasing the current database of physical parameters of…”
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Vis-NIR disk-integrated photometry of asteroid 25143 Itokawa around opposition by AMICA/Hayabusa by Tatsumi, Eri, Domingue, Deborah, Hirata, Naru, Kitazato, Kohei, Vilas, Faith, Lederer, Susan, Weissman, Paul R., Lowry, Stephen C., Sugita, Seiji

“…•Photometry of the S-type Itokawa observed by multi-band filters is examined.•AMICA/Hayabusa successfully observed the opposition surge of the asteroid…”
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Spectral similarity of unbound asteroid pairs by Wolters, Stephen D., Weissman, Paul R., Christou, Apostolis, Duddy, Samuel R., Lowry, Stephen C.

“…Infrared (IR) spectroscopy between 0.8 and 2.5 μ has been obtained for both components of three unbound asteroid pairs, using the NASA Infrared Telescope…”
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Possible evidence for partial differentiation of asteroid Lutetia from Rosetta by Weiss, Benjamin P., Elkins-Tanton, Linda T., Antonietta Barucci, M., Sierks, Holger, Snodgrass, Colin, Vincent, Jean-Baptiste, Marchi, Simone, Weissman, Paul R., Pätzold, Martin, Richter, Ingo, Fulchignoni, Marcello, Binzel, Richard P., Schulz, Rita

“…The petrologic diversity of meteorites demonstrates that planetesimals ranged from unmelted, variably metamorphosed aggregates to fully molten, differentiated…”
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WISE/NEOWISE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO NEAR NUCLEUS ENVIRONS by BAUER, James M, KRAMER, Emily, WEISSMAN, Paul R, CUTRI, Roc M, DAILEY, John W, MASCI, Frank J, THOLEN, David J, PEARMAN, George, WRIGHT, Edward L, MAINZER, A. K, STEVENSON, Rachel, GRAV, Tommy, MASIERO, Joseph R, WALKER, Russell G, FERNANDEZ, Yan R, MEECH, Karen J, LISSE, Carey M

“…On 2010 January 18-19 and June 28-29, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft imaged the Rosetta mission target, comet…”
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Rotation and color properties of the nucleus of Comet 2P/Encke by Lowry, Stephen C., Weissman, Paul R.

“…We present results from CCD observations of Comet 2P/Encke acquired at Steward Observatory's 2.3 m Bok Telescope on Kitt Peak. The observations were carried…”
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Rapid collisional evolution of comets during the formation of the Oort cloud by Stern, S. Alan, Weissman, Paul R

“…The Oort cloud of comets was formed by the ejection of icy planetesimals from the region of giant planets-Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune-during their…”
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Rosetta target asteroid 2867 Steins: An unusual E-type asteroid by WEISSMAN, Paul R., HICKS, Michael D., ABELL, Paul A., CHOI, Young-Jun, LOWRY, Stephen C.

“…— ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will fly by main‐belt asteroid 2867 Steins on September 5, 2008. We obtained new visible wavelength spectra of 2867 Steins on…”
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Physical properties of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa—Target of the Hayabusa sample return mission by Lowry, Stephen C., Weissman, Paul R., Hicks, Michael D., Whiteley, Robert J., Larson, Steve

“…We present results of a ground-based observational study of the Hayabusa mission target near-Earth Asteroid (25143) Itokawa. Our data consist of BVRI-filter…”
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Origin and Evolution of the Unusual Object 1996 PW: Asteroids from the Oort Cloud? by Weissman, Paul R, Levison, Harold F

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The Vega Particulate Shell: Comets or Asteroids? by Weissman, Paul R.

“…The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) science team has discovered a shell of particulate material around the star Vega. At the mean distance and…”
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Palomar and Table Mountain observations of 9P/Tempel 1 during the Deep Impact encounter: First results by Bauer, James M., Weissman, Paul R., Choi, Young-Jun, Troy, Mitchell, Young, James W., Lisse, Carey M., Dekany, Richard, Hanner, Martha S., Buratti, Bonnie J.

“…We present the first results of the Palomar Adaptive Optics observations taken during the Deep Impact encounter with 9P/Tempel 1 in July 2005. We have combined…”
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The Kuiper Belt by Weissman, Paul R

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The Science of Sungrazers, Sunskirters, and Other Near-Sun Comets by Jones, Geraint H., Knight, Matthew M., Battams, Karl, Boice, Daniel C., Brown, John, Giordano, Silvio, Raymond, John, Snodgrass, Colin, Steckloff, Jordan K., Weissman, Paul, Fitzsimmons, Alan, Lisse, Carey, Opitom, Cyrielle, Birkett, Kimberley S., Bzowski, Maciej, Decock, Alice, Mann, Ingrid, Ramanjooloo, Yudish, McCauley, Patrick

“…This review addresses our current understanding of comets that venture close to the Sun, and are hence exposed to much more extreme conditions than comets that…”
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THE NEOWISE-DISCOVERED COMET POPULATION AND THE CO + CO2 PRODUCTION RATES by Bauer, James M., Stevenson, Rachel, Kramer, Emily, Mainzer, A. K., Grav, Tommy, Masiero, Joseph R., Fernández, Yan R., Cutri, Roc M., Dailey, John W., Masci, Frank J., Meech, Karen J., Walker, Russel, Lisse, C. M., Weissman, Paul R., Nugent, Carrie R., Sonnett, Sarah, Blair, Nathan, Lucas, Andrew, McMillan, Robert S., Wright, Edward L.

“…ABSTRACT The 163 comets observed during the WISE/NEOWISE prime mission represent the largest infrared survey to date of comets, providing constraints on dust,…”
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CENTAURS AND SCATTERED DISK OBJECTS IN THE THERMAL INFRARED: ANALYSIS OF WISE / NEOWISE OBSERVATIONS by Bauer, James M, Grav, Tommy, Blauvelt, Erin, Mainzer, A K, Masiero, Joseph R, Stevenson, Rachel, Kramer, Emily, Fernandez, Yan R, Lisse, C M, Cutri, Roc M

“…The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) observed 52 Centaurs and scattered disk objects (SDOs) in the thermal infrared, including 15 new discoveries. We…”
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Are cometary nuclei primordial rubble piles? by Weissman, P. R.

“…Whipple's icy conglomerate model for the cometary nucleus has had considerable sucess in explaining a variety of cometary phenomena such as gas production…”
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