On the Light-Absorbing Surface Layer of
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BjΓΆrn J.R. Davidsson; Yuri V. Skorov
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The classical way to treat absorption of solar light in thermophysical modeling of cometary nuclei (and other ice-rich bodies such as jovian satellites) has been to assume complete opaqueness of the surface material. However, as shown by Davidsson and Skorov (2002, Icarus 156, 223-248), substantial