David Jewitt

 
 
I am interested in the primitive bodies of the Solar System, especially the comets. In all likelihood, these objects are remnants from the accretional processes by which the major planets grew. My hope is that the properties of the comets will throw light on the nature, formation and evolution of the solar system.
 


"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."

                                            -William Blake

••CURRENT LINKS••

Publications

Curriculum Vitae  (pdf)

My Classes

Students and Colleagues

Videos


••POPULAR ARTICLES••

Sci Am 1. Interstellar Interlopers
Sci Am 2. Oceans from the Skies
Sci Am 3. Strangest Satellites in the Solar System
Sci Am 4. The Kuiper Belt
The Telescope Economy
Serious Science: Kuiper Belt (link)
Discovery of the Kuiper Belt


••RECENT SCIENCE PAPERS••

* HST Observations of Interstellar 3I/ATLAS (pdf)

* Down But Not Out: Comet C/2021 O3 (pdf)

* Multiple Outbursts of HTC 12P/Pons-Brooks (pdf)

* Demise of Sungrazing Comet C/2024 S1. (pdf)

* Non-Gravitational Forces in Planetary Systems (pdf)

Dimorphos Boulder Swarm (pdf)

Interstellar Interlopers (pdf)

Asteroid-Comet Continuum (pdf)

Amorphous Ice (pdf)

Destruction of Long-Period Comets (pdf)

Comet Cohesion Bottleneck (pdf)

A Comet Active at Extreme Distances (pdf)

Anatomy of an Asteroid Breakup (pdf)

Color Systematics of Comets and Related Bodies (pdf)


••OTHER Links••

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  4. 3.UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Science

  5. 4.Meetings and Societies

[email: djewitt @ gmail.com]