The currently available infrared data on scattered light from the dust comae of eernis and Bowel1 set stringent upper limits to the contribution of icy grains. For Comet Cernis the data IS consistent with only a 10% mass fraction of water-ice included within silicate-organic-carbon grains of scale r
A study of the charging characteristics and equilibrium potential of dust grains in comets
β Scribed by Yao Chen; Zhong-yuan Li; Jia-wei Li; Su-ping Duan
- Book ID
- 108427766
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 224 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0275-1062
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