A Comparison of Geminid Models with the PSP/WISPR-observed Phaethon Dust Trail

White-light observations from the Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) instrument on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recently revealed the presence of a narrow, dense dust trail close to the orbit of asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Although Geminid related, it aligns imperfectly with Phaethon’s orbit...

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Main Authors: Karl Battams, Galina O. Ryabova, Angel J. Gutarra-Leon, Jamey R. Szalay, Brendan M. Gallagher, Wolf Cukier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/adc801
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