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A comparison of the dust properties in recent periodic comets (1984)

Hanner, M. S.

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Publication Date: 2011-08-19

Description: Measurements of the thermal emission from the cometary dust coma can be used to derive the rate of dust production from the nucleus as well as the size distribution of absorbing grains. More than ten short-period comets have now been observed in the infrared over a wide range in heliocentric distance. Dust production rates are derived for these comets based on theoretical models of the thermal emission from small absorbing grains and calculations of dust grain velocities. The mean size and albedo of the dust grains is similar in these comets, with the exception of Comet Crommelin, which seems to have had larger, darker grains.

Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS

Type: Advances in Space Research (ISSN 0273-1177); 4; 9, 19; 189-196

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