Numerical simulation of cometary nuclei. III - Internal temperatures of cometary nuclei

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Comet Nuclei, Temperature Profiles, Thermal Diffusion, Ice, Surface Temperature, Thermal Conductivity, Comets, Comet Nuclei, Simulations, Temperature, Models, Ice, Orbits, Calculations, Eccentricity, Thermal Properties, Conductivity, Radius, Crystalline Material, Amorphous Material, Procedure, Size, Catalog, Encke, Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova, Tempel 2, Wild 2, D'Arrest, Kopff, Churyumov-Gerasimenko, Halley

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The thermal diffusion equation for the internal temperature of cometary nuclei is exactly solved by means of a one-dimensional numerical model in order to shed light on the complex behavior of these temperatures with varying orbital and thermal parameters and in order to consider possible cometary nucleus thermal evolution targets for comet rendezvous and/or sample-return missions. The concept of 'new' and 'old' comets, classified in terms of how many passages around the sun have been made, may take on new meaning in view of the present demonstration that differences in eccentricity between two comets having the same period and number of apparitions may yield significantly different internal temperature profiles.

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