IS THIS COMET DOOMED? " Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) "

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) is about to fall apart. It's "inevitable," according to a new study by astronomer Zdenek Sekanina. "Evidence suggests that the comet has entered an advanced phase of fragmentation," he writes.
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Bio on Mr Sekanina
ICQ Comets (and Cousins): Interview with Dr. Zdenek Sekanina (Feb. 2023)
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JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1980-present)
IEP, Earth and Space Sciences Division (2010-present)
Principal Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division (1999-2010)
Senior Research Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division (1984-2010)
Research Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division (1981-1984)
Member, Technical Staff, Earth and Space Sciences Division (1980-1981)
Visiting Scientist, European Southern Observatory, Garching bei Munchen, Germany (1997)
Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1969-1980)
Associate Director, Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams, International Astronomical Union (1970-1980)
Associate, Harvard College Observatory (1970-1980)
Visiting Scientist, Institut d' Astrophysique, Universite de Liege, Cointe-Ougree, Belgium (1965, 1968-1969)
Scientific Collaborator, Center for Numerical Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia (1967-1968)
Visiting Scientist, Hamburger Sternwarte, Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany (1966)
Astronomer, Stefanik Observatory, Prague, Czechoslovakia (1959-1966)
Research Interests
Physics, evolution, and dynamics of comets
Physics and dynamics of meteors and fireballs
Physics and dynamics of interplanetary matter
Selected Awards
Frantisek Nusl Prize by the Czech Astronomical Society (2006)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (2005)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Stardust Flight Team (2005)
NASA/JPL Certificate of Recognition (Stardust Mission) (2004)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Stardust Camera Anomaly Team (2002)
Elected honorary member of the Czech Astronomical Society (2001)
Elected honorary (foreign) member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (equivalent to U.S. National Academy) (1996)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1985)
Outstanding Scientific Performance Certificate, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1980)
Minor Planet No. 1913 named Sekanina, lvIinor Planet Center, International Astronomical Union (1976)
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