The Main Belt Comets and ice in the Solar System |
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| Authors: | Colin Snodgrass,Jessica Agarwal,Michael Combi,Alan Fitzsimmons,Aurelie Guilbert-Lepoutre,Henry H. Hsieh,Man-To Hui,Emmanuel Jehin,Michael S. P. Kelley,Matthew M. Knight author-information" >,Cyrielle Opitom,Roberto Orosei author-information" >,Miguel de Val-Borro author-information" >,Bin Yang |
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| Affiliation: | 1.School of Physical Sciences,The Open University,Milton Keynes,UK;2.Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung,G?ttingen,Germany;3.University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,USA;4.Queen’s University Belfast,Belfast,UK;5.CNRS/UTINAM-UMR 6213 UBFC,Besan?on,France;6.Planetary Science Institute,Tucson,USA;7.Academia Sinica,Taipei,Taiwan;8.University of California Los Angeles,Los Angeles,USA;9.Universite de Liege,Liège,Belgium;10.University of Maryland,College Park,USA;11.European Southern Observatory,Santiago,Chile;12.Istituto di Radioastronomia, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica,Bologna,Italy;13.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,Greenbelt,USA |
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| Abstract: | We review the evidence for buried ice in the asteroid belt; specifically the questions around the so-called Main Belt Comets (MBCs). We summarise the evidence for water throughout the Solar System, and describe the various methods for detecting it, including remote sensing from ultraviolet to radio wavelengths. We review progress in the first decade of study of MBCs, including observations, modelling of ice survival, and discussion on their origins. We then look at which methods will likely be most effective for further progress, including the key challenge of direct detection of (escaping) water in these bodies. |
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