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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: An MHD and chemical comet-coma model was developed, applying the computer program of Huebner (1985) for the detailed chemical evolution of a spherically expanding coma and the program of Schmidt and Wegman (1982) and Wegman (1987) for the MHD flow of plasma and magnetic field in a comet to the Giotto-mission data on the ion abundances measured by the HIS ion mass spectrometer. The physics and chemistry of the coma are modeled in great detail, including photoprocesses, gas-phase chemical kinetics, energy balance with a separate electron temperature, multifluid hydrodynamics with a transition to free molecular flow, fast-streaming atomic and molecular hydrogen, counter and cross streaming of the ionized species relative to the neutral species in the coma-solar wind interaction region with momentum exchange by elastic collisions, mass-loading through ion pick-up, and Lorentz forces of the advected magnetic field. The results, both inside and outside of the contact surface, are discussed and compared with the relevant HIS ion mass spectra.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361); 187; 1-2,; 339-350
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: A computer model of Comet P/Giacobini-Zinner is presented which contains photoprocesses, gas-phase chemical kinetics, energy balance, multifluid hydrodynamics with a transition to free molecular flow, and solar wind interaction. Recently the physics for electrons in the model has been improved by including electron impact ionization and dissociation and separately accounting for electron energetics. Electron heating and cooling mechanisms include photoprocesses, recombination processes, inelastic and elastic collisions with heavy molecules, and expansion cooling. The model incorporates an internally consistent interaction of the solar wind with the coma gas using the axisymmetric ideal fluid dynamic equations. The nuclear size and composition have been chosen to make the calculations relevant to the September 11, 1985 International Cometary Explorer (ICE) encounter with Comet P/Giacobini-Zinner. Model profiles of the temperature, velocity, and number density of the electrons are in good agreement with measurements along ICE's trajectory. The results indicate the probe passed through a region of the coma at the onset of the plasma tail.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276); 13; 381-384
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2013-08-29
    Description: The nucleus of comet Halley was observed by the Halley Multicolor Camera (HMC) during the last minutes of the flyby sequence before reaching the point of closest approach. The phase angle change during the observational period was less than 17 deg, so HMC data can only define a two-dimensional contour of the nucleus at a certain time. The overall geometry during the HMC observations is outlined and the findings are related to information available from other sources at different times. The nucleus of the comet is described as a triaxial ellipsoid with major axes of 16, 10, and 9 km. The rotation axis is directed towards delta 1950 = -(40 + or - 5) deg and alpha 1950 = (50 + or - 10) deg. The rotation with a period of P = (54 + or - 1) is in a prograde sense with respect to the orbital motion.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 2: Dust and Nucleus; p 367-369
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2013-08-29
    Description: The dust and gas productions of comet Halley were measured by the dust counter and the mass spectrometers on the Giotto spacecraft. These instruments give only little information about the spatial asymmetry of the activity. The asymmetry in the dust production is clearly evident from the dust jets seen in the Halley Multicolor Camera images. Since the dust is entrained by the gas, gas production must be similarly asymmetric. The intensity profiles along and across several dust jets are related to their source regions on the nucleus. Properties of the dust jets are investigated. A few compact, but highly active source regions on the nucleus produce most of the visible dust and can account for most of the gas produced by the comet.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's comet. Volume 2: Dust and Nucleus; p 363-364
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2013-08-29
    Description: Images obtained by the Halley multicolor camera using the clear filter with a pass band from 300 to 1000 nm were used to study dust activity in the comet nucleus. Comparisons with ground based observations confirm that dust production towards the Sun increases in activity relative to the southern background source while the Giotto spacecraft was approaching. This is in agreement with the assumption that the sunward activity becomes stronger when the source rotates towards the Sun. Estimated dust column density is 90 billion/sqm, with optical thickness less than or = 0.3. Surface reflectivity is less than 1%, indicating a very rough surface with large fractions of shadowed areas.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 2: Dust and Nucleus; p 359-362
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2013-08-29
    Description: A computer model for comet comae was applied to predict ion abundances for comet Halley, assuming that the volatile component of the nucleus is 85% water and that the remaining volatile molecules are composed of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. Model parameters such as heliocentric distance, size, and albedo are chosen to be consistent with the 13 to 14 March 1986 encounter of Giotto with the comet. Photoprocesses, gas-phase chemical kinetics, coma energy balance including a separate electron temperature, multifluid hydrodynamics with a transition to free molecular flow, fast streaming atomic and molecular hydrogen, and counter and cross streaming of species in the coma-solar wind interaction are taken into consideration. A comparison of the model results with data from the ion mass spectrometer at 6000 and 1500 km from the nucleus shows good agreement. Implications of the coma physics and chemistry are discussed.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 1: Plasma and Gas; p 529-531
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Stationary MHD models are used to analyze the data of magnetic field measurements in Comets Giacobini-Zinner and Halley. The contributions of the draping, of changes in the IMF, and of turbulence are separated and extended patches of unidirectional field regions are identified. A time-dependent MHD simulation of the nonstationary flow following a sudden 90 deg rotation in the IMF describes properly the disrupted tail condensations observed from the earth.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177); 9; 3, 19
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Images obtained by the Halley multicolor camera (HMC) were used to determine the surface brightness of the nucleus. Radiometric values of jet-free areas of the surface are presented and a range of possible surface brightness values are derived. These direct measures are compared with brightnesses derived from the size of the nucleus, as determined from HMC images, and ground-based observations obtained before the onset of coma activity.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 2: Dust and Nucleus; p 355-357
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: Images obtained by the Halley multicolor camera were used to determine the projected size and shape of the nucleus. The location of the terminator and numerous surface features were determined. There is good correlation between the brightest surface features and the dust jets; however, many bright features are seen which are not associated with jets. Most of the observed features are circular and appear to be related to surface elevation. The angularity of the terminator gives an indication of the three-dimensional structure of the face which was observed.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: ESA Proceedings of the 20th ESLAB Symposium on the Exploration of Halley's Comet. Volume 2: Dust and Nucleus; p 351-354
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