Astronomy:Quasi-Hilda comet

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A quasi-Hilda comet (QHC) is a Jupiter-family comet that interacts strongly with Jupiter and undergoes extended temporary capture by it. These comets are associated with the Hilda asteroid zone in the 3:2 inner mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. Typically, asteroids in this zone have a semimajor axis between 3.70 and 4.20 AU, eccentricities below 0.30, and inclinations of no more than 20°.[1] Comets can be temporarily perturbed into this group and then perturbed back out again.[2] Eight percent of the comets that leave the 3:2 resonance end up impacting Jupiter.[1]

Known quasi-Hilda comets

These numbered comets belong to the group of quasi-Hilda comet:[1]

Full Name
Nucleus radii
Aphelion (Q)
Eccentricity
Inclination
Perihelion date
36P/Whipple 2.55 km[3] 5.27 0.261 9.92 2011-12-29
74P/Smirnova–Chernykh 2.23 km[4] 4.78 0.147 6.65 2009-07-26
82P/Gehrels 0.71 km[5] 4.65 0.122 1.12 2010-01-12
111P/Helin–Roman–Crockett 0.46–1.39 km[6] 4.61 0.140 4.23 2013-01-30
117P/Helin–Roman–Alu 16.4 km[7] 5.13 0.253 8.69 2014-03-28
129P/Shoemaker–Levy 1.65 km[8] 4.85 0.170 3.29 2014-02-07
135P/Shoemaker–Levy 1.38 km[9] 4.93 0.289 6.05 2014-11-01
147P/Kushida–Muramatsu 0.22 km[5] 4.85 0.276 2.36 2008-09-22
212P/NEAT (2000 YN30)[10] 6.20 0.579 22.4 2008-12-03
215P/NEAT (2002 O8) 1.825 km[11] 4.83 0.200 12.7 2010-06-06
228P/LINEAR (2001 YX127) 2.41 km[8] 4.89 0.176 7.91 2011-08-26
231P/LINEAR–NEAT (2003 CP7) 5.01 0.246 12.3 2011-05-16
246P/NEAT (2004 F3) 1.01 km[11] 5.17 0.286 15.9 2013-01-28
282P/2003 BM80[12] 5.04 0.188 5.81 2021-10-24
362P/2008 GO98[13] 5.08 0.279 15.6 2024-07-20

39P/Oterma was a quasi-Hilda before a close approach to Jupiter in 1963.[1] 77P/Longmore falls outside of the bulk distribution because of its large eccentricity and inclination.[1] Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impacted with Jupiter in 1994.

Not numbered comets claimed to be quasi-Hilda object with comet activity are P/2010 H2 (Vales),[14] 2009 DQ118,[15] 2018 CZ18[16] and 2004 CV50.[17]

References

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  2. C. E. Spratt (1989). "The Hilda group of minor planets". Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 83: 393–404. Bibcode1989JRASC..83..393S. 
  3. C. Snodgrass; A. Fitzsimmons; S. C. Lowry; P. Weissman (2011). "The size distribution of Jupiter Family comet nuclei". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 414 (1): 458–469. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18406.x. Bibcode2011MNRAS.414..458S. https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-pdf/414/1/458/3818082/mnras0414-0458.pdf. 
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  10. Y. C. Cheng; W. H. Ip (16–20 May 2012). "Physical and dynamical properties of a quasi-Hilda comet, 212P/2000 YN30". Asteroids, Comets, Meteors. 1667. Niigata, Japan. pp. 6462. Bibcode2012LPICo1667.6462C. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 J. M. Bauer et al. (2017). "Debiasing the NEOWISE Cryogenic Mission Comet Populations". The Astronomical Journal 154 (2): 53–62. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa72df. Bibcode2017AJ....154...53B. 
  12. C. O. Chandler; W. J. Oldroyd; C. A. Trujillo (2022). "Migratory Outbursting Quasi-Hilda Object 282P/(323137) 2003 BM80". The Astrophysical Journal 937 (1): L2. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac897a. Bibcode2022ApJ...937L...2C. 
  13. E. García-Migani; R. Gil-Hutton. "The activity and dynamical evolution of quasi-hilda asteroid (457175) 2008 GO98". Planetary and Space Science 160: 12–18. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2018.03.011. ISSN 0032-0633. Bibcode2018P&SS..160...12G. 
  14. D. C. Jewitt; Y. Kim (2020). "Outbursting Quasi-Hilda Asteroid P/2010 H2 (Vales)". The Planetary Science Journal 1 (3): 77. doi:10.3847/PSJ/abbef6. ISSN 2632-3338. Bibcode2020PSJ.....1...77J. 
  15. W. J. Oldroyd et al.. "Comet-like Activity Discovered on Quasi-Hilda Asteroid 2009 DQ118". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society 7 (3): 42. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/acc17c. ISSN 2515-5172. Bibcode2023RNAAS...7...42O. 
  16. C. A. Trujillo et al. (2023). "Cometary Activity on Quasi-Hilda Object 2018 CZ16". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society 7 (5): 106. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/acd7f0. ISSN 2515-5172. Bibcode2023RNAAS...7..106T. 
  17. C. O. Chandler et al. (2023). "New Active Quasi-Hilda Asteroid 2004 CV50: A Citizen Science Discovery". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society 7 (11): 237. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ad09c1. ISSN 2515-5172. Bibcode2023RNAAS...7..237C.