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UCF Researchers Study a Centaur Transforming into a Comet

Astronomers at UCF are using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory to study a distant icy object that may offer a rare look at how centaurs evolve into active comets.

Uncovering a Centaur’s Tracks: UCF Scientists Examine Unique Asteroid-Comet Hybrid

UCF researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal one-of-a-kind attributes of (2060) Chiron, a distant “centaur” in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System’s origins in a newly published study.

UCF Is Leading Comprehensive Study of Centaurs and Jupiter-family Comets

The work will inform research into the origins of the solar system and is one of the most comprehensive studies of active centaurs and distantly active Jupiter-family comets.

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