Title: Evolution and activity of (6478) Gault in the Main belt

Author: D. Tomko

Abstract:
Asteroids, like comets, belong to the population of small bodies of the Solar system.
In 2019 about 25 active asteroids were known. (6478) Gault is one of them. 
One of the possible explanations of Gault's activity is the gravitational capture 
of a comet into the Main belt. As a "former comet", this asteroid could conserve 
a noticeable amount of volatiles, causing its repetitive activity. To investigate 
this scenario, we integrated Gault's orbit 100 kyr into the past. 
Next, we propose to consider active comets as an alternative source of projectiles 
that could collide with the object in question. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 
the orbits of 380 comets as the candidates and we evaluated the possibility of collisions 
with cometary debris.