Striated Features in the Dust Tail of Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught)

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Dec 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009ysc..conf...73k&link_type=abstract

YSC'16 Proceedings of Contributed Papers (eds. Choliy V. Ya., Ivashchenko G.), pp. 73-74

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The results of dynamic modeling of the dust tail formation of comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) are presented. The comet is known for well defined transversal striae in its tail which were observed during post perihelion passage. The presence of local active areas on the surface of the rotating nucleus is proposed as a possible explanation of this phenomenon. In this scenario the bright striae can be caused by different dust production rate depending on that if the active areas are located on the sunlit or shaded side of the rotating nucleus. The tail of comet McNaught was modeled under assumption that there is not only the uniform outflow of dust from the nucleus but also the considerable fraction of dust streams out from three active local sources. The period of comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) was found to be 21 hours.

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