UCF Researchers Study a Centaur Transforming into a Comet Astronomers at UCF are using NASA鈥檚 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鈥檚 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 鈥渃entaur鈥 in space sharing properties of both a comet and an asteroid, giving clues to our Solar System鈥檚 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.