Exocometary Science
Abstract
This paper describes recent advances that led to the emergence of Exocometary Science, with an outlook and recommendations for the field to prospect in future decades. These studies provide a window into the composition and dynamics of exocomets, extrasolar icy minor bodies, as observed at the epoch of volatile delivery to inner rocky planets.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1904.02715
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1904.02715
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.391M
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- White Paper submitted to the US National Academy of Sciences Astro2020 Decadal Survey (8 pages, 3 figures)