FROM COMETS TO ASTEROIDS - WHEN HAIRY STARS GO BALD

Authors
JEWITT D
Citation
D. Jewitt, FROM COMETS TO ASTEROIDS - WHEN HAIRY STARS GO BALD, Earth, moon, and planets, 72(1-3), 1996, pp. 185-201
Citations number
79
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Earth, moon, and planets → ACNP
ISSN journal
01679295
Volume
72
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
185 - 201
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-9295(1996)72:1-3<185:FCTA-W>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We discuss the essential differences between comets and asteroids. Iro nically, with the exception of the rocky asteroids in the inner solar system, most of the objects classified as asteroids at and beyond Jupi ter's orbit are likely to conceal buried volatiles, and thus are more usefully considered as comets.