Feasibility of the Phobos 1 Hypothesis for Dark Comet 1998 KY 26

arXiv:2609.24283 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-23

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Terminology

• Adam — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fidelity — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Ontology — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Size Constraint on Hayabusa2 Extended Mission Rendezvous Target 1998~KY$_{26}$ via VLT/VISIR Non-detection
• Keck and Gemini characterization of $Hayabusa2\#$ rendezvous target 1998 KY$_{26}$
• Is the Dark Comet 1998 KY 26 the Spacecraft Phobos 1?
• Dark Comets? Unexpectedly Large Nongravitational Accelerations on a Sample of Small Asteroids

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