<p>We give a general overview of what the scientific community refers to as “exocomets”. The general definition of exocomets, as presented in this work, is discussed and compared with Solar System comets and interstellar objects, addressing their detection around main-sequence stars as well as orbiting white dwarfs. We introduce the different types of exocomet observations, highlighting the difference between exocometary ‘bodies’ and exocometary ‘material’. We provide a census of all exocometary system candidates detected so far, both via spectroscopy and photometry, including detections around white dwarfs.</p>

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An Overview of Exocomets

  • Daniela Iglesias,
  • Isabel Rebollido,
  • Azib Norazman,
  • Colin Snodgrass,
  • Darryl Z. Seligman,
  • Siyi Xu,
  • H. Jens Hoeijmakers,
  • Matthew Kenworthy,
  • Alain Lecavelier des Etangs,
  • Michele Bannister,
  • Bin Yang

摘要

We give a general overview of what the scientific community refers to as “exocomets”. The general definition of exocomets, as presented in this work, is discussed and compared with Solar System comets and interstellar objects, addressing their detection around main-sequence stars as well as orbiting white dwarfs. We introduce the different types of exocomet observations, highlighting the difference between exocometary ‘bodies’ and exocometary ‘material’. We provide a census of all exocometary system candidates detected so far, both via spectroscopy and photometry, including detections around white dwarfs.