Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985icar...61..252h&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 61, Feb. 1985, p. 252-277.
Physics
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Comet Nuclei, Computerized Simulation, Ice, Phase Transformations, Thermal Simulation, Water, Conductive Heat Transfer, Crystallization, Latent Heat, Surface Temperature, Comets, Comet Nuclei, Simulations, Water, Ice, Thermal Properties, Heat, Sublimation, Surface, Phases, Layers, Depth, Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, Halley, Boundaries, Heating, Temperature, Crystalline, Encke, Orbits, Radius, Physical Properties, Dissipation
Scientific paper
A one-dimensional numerical model of pure water-ice cometary nuclei is presented, and the influence of the nuclear interior as a heat reservoir on the behavior of the nuclear surface is examined. It is shown that a number of effects, including the thermal inertia due to heat stored in the core and the release of latent heat, which goes entirely into heating the adjacent layers or into sublimation on passing through a phase transition from amorphous to crystalline ice, can help to explain such characteristics as the asymmetrical lightcurve of Comet Halley. Results are given for the cases of Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 and Comet Encke. Consideration is also given to the insulating effect of an evolving dust mantle. The role of this mantle in determining the surface temperature of the ice core is studied as a function of the mass fraction of the dust in the ice-dust mixture and the thermal conductivity of the nucleus. The loose-lattice model of Mendis and Brin (1977) indicates that both high dust to ice ratios and high-core conductivities inhibit mantle blowoff.
Herman Grzegorz
Podolak Morris
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