Talk:Rock comet

This article was nominated for merging with 3200 Phaethon on 15 February 2020. The result of the discussion (permanent link) was Merge.

Merge into 3200 Phaethon

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The result of this discussion was merge into 3200 Phaethon. Yarnalgo _talk to me 01:49, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I propose merging this article into 3200 Phaethon. A quick Google search makes it clear that Phaethon is the only object that has ever been called a "rock comet". The one source provided for a second rock comet (322P/SOHO) never uses the term. "Active asteroid" is the much more commonly used term for an object that exhibits features of both a comet and an asteroid, and Phaethon is included in this group in the literature.[1][2][3] --Yarnalgo _talk to me 03:46, 29 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this article should be merged into 3200 Phaethon, as if Phaethon is the only known rock comet, then surely this article should be features of 3200 Phaethon, and not a separate article. This article could be used to expand the Physical Characteristics section of 3200 Phaethon. --Golem08 (talk) 08:00, 5 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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