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Spontaneous disruption of small Solar System bodies

2016/22/E/ST9/00109

Keywords:

comets asteroids Solar System

Descriptors:

  • ST9_2: Planets and small bodies of the solar system

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Michał Drahus 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: SONATA BIS 6 - announced on 2016-06-15

Amount awarded: 1 811 450 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-10-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-10-01

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. The Excited Spin State of 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua
    Authors:
    Belton, Michael J. S.; Hainaut, Olivier R.; Meech, Karen J.; Mueller, Beatrice E. A.; Kleyna, Jan T.; Weaver, Harold A.; Buie, Marc W.; Drahus, Michał; Guzik, Piotr; Wainscoat, Richard J.; Waniak, Wacław; Handzlik, Barbara; Kurowski, Sebastian; Xu, Siyi; Sheppard, Scott S.; Micheli, Marco; Ebeling, Harald; Keane, Jacqueline V.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal Letters (rok: 2018, tom: 856, strony: L21), Wydawca: IOP Publishing Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8213/aab370 - link to the publication
  2. Gaseous atomic nickel in the coma of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
    Authors:
    Guzik, Piotr; Drahus, Michał
    Academic press:
    Nature (rok: 2021, tom: 593, strony: 375-378), Wydawca: Springer Nature Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41586-021-03485-4 - link to the publication
  3. Tumbling motion of 1I/'Oumuamua and its implications for the body's distant past
    Authors:
    Drahus, Michał; Guzik, Piotr; Waniak, Wacław; Handzlik, Barbara; Kurowski, Sebastian; Xu, Siyi
    Academic press:
    Nature Astronomy (rok: 2018, tom: 2, strony: 407-412), Wydawca: Springer Nature Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41550-018-0440-1 - link to the publication
  4. Initial characterization of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov
    Authors:
    Guzik, Piotr; Drahus, Michał; Rusek, Krzysztof; Waniak, Wacław; Cannizzaro, Giacomo; Pastor-Marazuela, Inés
    Academic press:
    Nature Astronomy (rok: 2020, tom: 4, strony: 53-57), Wydawca: Springer Nature Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41550-019-0931-8 - link to the publication