Lazarus comet

A Lazarus comet is a small body within the main asteroid belt that is not an asteroid, but a comet that has been trapped and may be re-energized into being a live comet.^[1] They are referred to more formally as asteroid belt comets, or ABC.^[2] Astronomers are referring to this region of the asteroid belt as a comet graveyard, but calling these comets "Lazarus" because of their potential to be "resurrected".^[3]

References

↑ "Between Mars and Jupiter, a Comet Graveyard May Rise Again (VIDEO)". Slate. 2 August 2013. http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2013/08/02/comet_graveyard_colombian_scientists_discover_belt_between_mars_and_jupiter.html?wpisrc=flyouts.
↑ Ferrín, Ignacio et al. (September 2013). "The location of Asteroidal Belt Comets (ABCs), in a comet's evolutionary diagram: The Lazarus Comets". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 434 (3): 1821–1837. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt839. Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.434.1821F.
↑ "'Lazarus' comets may be returning to life in asteroid field". 2013-08-02. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-comet-graveyard-lazarus-asteroid-belt-20130802,0,4817968.story.

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[1] "Between Mars and Jupiter, a Comet Graveyard May Rise Again (VIDEO)". Slate. 2 August 2013. http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2013/08/02/comet_graveyard_colombian_scientists_discover_belt_between_mars_and_jupiter.html?wpisrc=flyouts.

[2] Ferrín, Ignacio et al. (September 2013). "The location of Asteroidal Belt Comets (ABCs), in a comet's evolutionary diagram: The Lazarus Comets". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 434 (3): 1821–1837. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt839. Bibcode: 2013MNRAS.434.1821F.

[3] "'Lazarus' comets may be returning to life in asteroid field". 2013-08-02. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-comet-graveyard-lazarus-asteroid-belt-20130802,0,4817968.story.

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Lazarus comet

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