Z. Sekanina

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Astro and Planetary Science(379), Planetary Science and Exploration(137), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(98), Isotope Analysis in Ecology(75), Astronomical and nuclear sciences(36)

Publications424 total

New Kreutz Sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS): Third Time's the Charm?
ArXiv.org·2026Open Access
New Kreutz Sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS): Third Time's the Charm?
arXiv (Cornell University)·2026Open Access
New Insights into the Nature and Orbital Motion of Aristotle's Comet in 372 BC
ArXiv.org·2025Open Access
The Great Comets of 1843 and 1882 at Their Previous Return to Perihelion in the Twelfth Century: One Spectacular, the Other Dull
arXiv (Cornell University)·2025Open Access
Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1) -- Second Ground-Based Discovery of a Kreutz Sungrazer in Thirteen Years
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
A Note on the Phase Law and Light Curve of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3)
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Inevitable Endgame of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3)
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Formation and Evolution of the Stream of SOHO Kreutz Sungrazers. II. Results and Implications of Monte Carlo Simulation
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Formation and Evolution of the Stream of SOHO Kreutz Sungrazers. I. History and Preliminary Investigations
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024Open Access
Spectacular Post-Perihelion Tails of Bright Kreutz Sungrazers
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
The Odd Comet 157P/Tritton and Its Misunderstood Fragmentation
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Fragmentation and History of Comet Pair C/1844 Y1 and C/2019 Y4
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
On the Existence of a Super-Kreutz System of Sungrazing Comets
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
On Elusive Observations and a Sly Companion of Comet Wirtanen (C/1956 F1)
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Populations of the Kreutz Sungrazer System in a SOHO Database
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022Open Access
Kreutz Sungrazers: Summary of Recent Modeling and Orbits of the SOHO Objects
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022Open Access
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
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Unprecedented Daylight Display of Kreutz Sungrazers in AD 363?
arXiv (Cornell University)·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
ENIGMATIC NEBULOUS COMPANIONS TO THE GREAT SEPTEMBER COMET OF 1882 AS SOHO-LIKE KREUTZ SUNGRAZERS CAUGHT IN TERMINAL OUTBURST
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage·2021Open Access
Estimating Dimensions of the Nucleus of Great September Comet of 1882 from Motions of Its Fragments
arXiv (Cornell University)·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

M. S. Hanner(8), B. G. Marsden(7), S. M. Larson(7), D. K. Yeomans(6), J. Kissel(6), D. E. Brownlee(5), B. C. Clark(5), J. A. M. McDonnell(5), P. W. Chodas(5), R. L. Newburn(4), M. E. Zolensky(4), Scott A. Sandford(4), P. Tsou(4), Simon Green(4), Keith Noll(4), E. Grün(3), E. Igenbergs(3), H. Kuczera(3), G. Schwehm(3), F. Hörz(3)