AbstractA radiative hydrodynamic model of comet P/Halley is used to investigate quantitatively the constraints imposed onto the Comet loss rate in solids by both the in-situ data and the remote sensing data. In particular, for the first time, the in-situ data are used to fit composite spectra extending from near-IR wavelengths to the microwave region. Also, for the first time the uncertainty affecting the ejection velocity of large grains is taken into account. The results suggest that only future rendez-vous studies of the grain density in the vicinity of a comet would be able to provide definitely reliable values of the comet loss rate.
Lower and upper limits to comet p/halley solid material loss rate
Advances in Space Research ; 11 , 12 ; 155-160
1991-01-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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