Abstract Temperatures recorded during two KOSI comet nucleus simulation experiments strongly suggest that heat transport by vapor flow into the interior of the samples is important. We propose a model of heat and mass transfer that is capable of explaining the measured thermal histories of the samples. It is suggested that similar heat transfer mechanisms operate in porous ice layers on cometary nuclei and on other bodies in the solar system.
Thermal modelling of two KOSI comet nucleus simulation experiments
Advances in Space Research ; 9 , 3 ; 127-131
1989-01-01
5 pages
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Electronic Resource
English
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