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Dec 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982aj.....87.1836s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal, vol. 87, Dec. 1982, p. 1836-1853. NASA-supported research;
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Comet Tails, Mrkos Comet, Astronomical Photography, Digital Techniques, Dust, Particle Acceleration, Particle Size Distribution
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The striated tail of Comet Mrkos 1957 V is investigated. The formation and motions of the striae are described by the same particle-fragmentation model that has been successfully applied to Comet West. Two new kinds of striae are discovered, one made of absorbing particles and the other of essentially nonabsorbing ones. The grains appear to range in size from 0.1 and 0.3 micron. Tentative evidence is found for an excess of dielectric particles with radii near 0.1 micron, whereas among absorbing grains such sizes are relatively scarce. These results illustrate a high degree of sensitivity of the brightness variation along a stria to the particle size distribution. The regular spacing of the bursts of parent particles suggests that all the striae originated in three emission areas on the comet's nucleus rotating with a period of 19.7 hr. The apparent pairing of striae in the tail is a by-product of the existence of more than one discrete source on the nucleus surface and of the different lifetimes of the parent particles.
Farrell J. A.
Sekanina Zdenek
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