Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979m%26p....21..155c&link_type=abstract
Moon and the Planets, vol. 21, Oct. 1979, p. 155-171.
Physics
53
Comet Nuclei, Insolation, Light Curve, Vaporizing, Axes Of Rotation, Carbon Dioxide, Clathrates, Infrared Reflection, Life (Durability), Tables (Data), Thermal Emission, Vapor Pressure
Scientific paper
The effects of vaporization from the nucleus of a comet are examined and it is shown that a latitude dependence of vaporization can explain the asymmetries in cometary light curves. An attempt is made to explain the observed variation in molecular production rates with heliocentric distance when employing CO2 and clathrate hydrate ice as cometary nuclei substances. The energy balance equation and the vapor pressure equations of water and CO2 are used in calculating the vaporization from a surface. Calculations were carried out from both dry-ice and water-ice nuclei, using a variety of different effective visual albedos, but primarily for a thermal infrared of 0 (emission). Attention is given to cometary lifetimes and light curves and it was determined that the asymmetry in light curves occurs (occasionally) as a 'seasonal' effect due to a variation in the angle between the comet's rotation axis and the sun-comet line.
Ahearn Michael F.
Cowan John J.
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