TY - JOUR
T1 - An Overview of Exocomets
AU - Iglesias, Daniela
AU - Rebollido, Isabel
AU - Norazman, Azib
AU - Snodgrass, Colin
AU - Seligman, Darryl Z.
AU - Xu, Siyi
AU - Hoeijmakers, H. Jens
AU - Kenworthy, Matthew
AU - Lecavelier des Etangs, Alain
AU - Bannister, Michele
AU - Yang, Bin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/12/1
Y1 - 2025/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Circumstellar material
KW - Comets
KW - Exocomets
KW - Interstellar objects
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023644704
U2 - 10.1007/s11214-025-01247-6
DO - 10.1007/s11214-025-01247-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105023644704
SN - 0038-6308
VL - 221
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
IS - 8
M1 - 122
ER -