Comparison between the findings of Deep Impact and our experimental results on large samples of gas-laden amorphous ice

Details Comparison between the findings of Deep Impact and our experimental results on large samples of gas-laden amorphous ice Comparison between the findings of Deep Impact and our experimental results on large samples of gas-laden amorphous ice

Mar 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007icar..187..321b&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 187, Issue 1, p. 321-325.

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The findings of Deep Impact on the structure and composition of Tempel-1 are compared with our experimental results on large (20 cm diameter and up to 10 cm high) samples of gas-laden amorphous ice. The mechanical ˜tensile strength inferred for Tempel-1: ˜65 Pa is 30 to 60 times smaller than our experimental findings of 2 4 kPa. This means that Tempel-1 is even fluffier than our very fluffy, talcum like, ice sample. The thermal inertia: I<100 WKms is very close to our value of 80. The density of 620+470/-330 kgm, is close to our value of 250 300 kg m-3, taking into account an ice/silicate ratio of 1 in the comet, while we study pure ice. Surface morphological features, such as non-circular depressions, chaotic terrain and smooth surfaces, were observed in our experiments. The only small increase in the gas/water vapor ratio pre- and post-impact, suggest that in the area excavated by the impactor, the 135 K front did not penetrate deeper than a few meters. Altogether, the agreement between the findings of Deep Impact and our experimental results point to a loose agglomerate of ice grains (with a silicate organic core), which was formed by a very gentle aggregation of the ice grains, without compaction.

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