Ghosts of Jupiter's past: is 2017 UV43 a relative of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9?
Marcos, C. de la Fuente · Marcos, R. de la Fuente
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The present-day orbit of 2017 UV43 resembles the average one of the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. Here, we present numerical evidence suggesting that 2017 UV43 might be related to Shoemaker-Levy 9. With our exploratory results we intend to encourage a search for precovery images of 2017 UV43 and perhaps even follow-up observations that may help in improving its poorly determined orbit so its true dynamical nature can be understood.
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