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Comet Thermal ModelingPast thermal models of cometary nuclei have tended to be restricted to hemispherical averages and have ignored many important effects such as surface heat flow, rotation period, or coma opacity. A computer based model called KRC/COM was developed which includes these and many other important effects to give a more accurate physical model of sublimation from icy cometary nuclei. Halley's Comet was used as a test case because of the high interest in the 1986 perihelion passage of that comet.
Document ID
19850015194
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Weissman, P. R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kieffer, H. H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington Repts. of Planetary Geol. and Geophys. Program, 1984
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
85N23505
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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