Searching for dust orbiting around activated asteroid 596 Scheila by means of stellar occultations
596 Scheila is a main belt asteroid classified from 2010, when it presented cometary appearance, like a Main Belt Comet (MBC). We only known around a dozen of MBCs till to date. The MBCs present asteroid-like orbits –between Mars and Jupiter– but they have cometary appearances and/or behaviours. It is believed that the activity of Scheila was
Santos-Sanz, P. et al.
Fecha de publicación:
3
2017