Dust Outburst Dynamics and Hazard Assessment for Close Spacecraft–Comet Encounters
Using the gas drag by sublimating cometary surface ices for the acceleration of dust particles and deceleration by the gravity field of the nucleus combined with basic laws of mechanics, the sizes, velocities, and number densities of escaping particles are calculated and evaluated with respect to th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2021-01-01
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| Series: | The Planetary Science Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac09f0 |