2026-08-01, 05:47 PM
Hi Greg,
I think what the authors of the paper were getting at was that these "dark comets" look like asteroids, but that their orbits can be altered by sublimating ice jets that change their motion slightly. Perhaps the author of the posted article didn't dig deeply enough. There was no mention of Damocloids. It looked interesting.
1998 SH2 is classified as an Apollo-class NEA with a 4.7 AU aphelion. Aren't the Damocloids much farther out?
Phil S.
I think what the authors of the paper were getting at was that these "dark comets" look like asteroids, but that their orbits can be altered by sublimating ice jets that change their motion slightly. Perhaps the author of the posted article didn't dig deeply enough. There was no mention of Damocloids. It looked interesting.
1998 SH2 is classified as an Apollo-class NEA with a 4.7 AU aphelion. Aren't the Damocloids much farther out?
Phil S.