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On the Importance of Dust in Cometary Nuclei by E. K. Khrt; H. U. Keller is a Physics and Astronomy article available to read on EtoBox.
What is On the Importance of Dust in Cometary Nuclei about?
The icy conglomerate model introduced by Whipple more than 40 years ago has been widely accepted in cometary science because it is able to describe numerous cometary phenomena. In this model comets are described as a conglomerate of ices and dust where t,he ices represent the major component. However, some recent observations seem to favour dust rich comets. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the observational facts supporting the dominance of refractories in comets and to discuss the consequences of a dust dominated nucleus for cometary physics.
Who reads On the Importance of Dust in Cometary Nuclei?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Physics and Astronomy.
- Author
- E. K. Khrt; H. U. Keller
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1573-0794)
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)