On the Problem of Prognostication of Bright Kreutz Sungrazers

arXiv:2605.09938 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-11 · Read on arXiv

Zdenek Sekanina

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-11

Comments: 8 pages, 3 tables

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Commentary — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Solar Maximum Mission — 1× in this paper

Sources

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• Populations of the Kreutz Sungrazer System in a SOHO Database
• Unprecedented Daylight Display of Kreutz Sungrazers in AD 363?
• On the Existence of a Super-Kreutz System of Sungrazing Comets
• Formation and Evolution of the Stream of SOHO Kreutz Sungrazers. I. History and Preliminary Investigations
• Formation and Evolution of the Stream of SOHO Kreutz Sungrazers. II. Results and Implications of Monte Carlo Simulation
• Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) -- Second Ground-Based Discovery of a Kreutz Sungrazer in Thirteen Years
• Bright Sungrazing Comets in a Great Historical Controversy and Prospects for Their Appearance in the Near Future
• The Great Comet of 1106, a Chinese Comet of 1138, and Daylight Comets in late 363 As Key Objects in Computer Simulated History of Kreutz Sungrazer System

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