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Analysing the Onset of Cometary Activity by the Jupiter-Family Comet 2023 RN3

Analysing the Onset of Cometary Activity by the Jupiter-Family Comet 2023 RN3

We utilize serendipitous observations from the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) and the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in addition to targeted follow-up observations from the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) and Liverpool Telescope to analyze the first observed instance of cometary activity by the newly-discovered Jupiter-family comet C/2023 RN3 (ATLAS), …