Gicquel, A., Rose, M., Vincent, J.-B., Davidsson, B., Bodewits, D., A’Hearn, M. F., Agarwal, J., Fougere, N., Sierks, H., Bertini, I., and others. (2017) Modelling of the outburst on 2015 July 29 observed with OSIRIS cameras in the Southern hemisphere of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469 (2). S178-S185. ISSN 0035-8711. E-ISSN 1365-2966. (doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1441) (KAR id:63518)
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Abstract
Images of the nucleus and the coma (gas and dust) of comet 67P/Churyumov– Gerasimenko have been acquired by the OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System) cameras since 2014 March using both the wide-angle camera and the narrow-angle camera (NAC). We use images from the NAC camera to study a bright outburst observed in the Southern hemisphere on 2015 July 29. The high spatial resolution of the NAC is needed to localize the source point of the outburst on the surface of the nucleus. The heliocentric distance is 1.25 au and the spacecraft–comet distance is 186?km. Aiming to better understand the physics that led to the outgassing, we used the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method to study the gas flow close to the nucleus and the dust trajectories. The goal is to understand the mechanisms producing the outburst. We reproduce the opening angle of the outburst in the model and constrain the outgassing ratio between the outburst source and the local region. The outburst is in fact a combination of both gas and dust, in which the active surface is approximately 10 times more active than the average rate found in the surrounding areas. We need a number of dust particles 7.83 × 10^11 to 6.90 × 10^15 (radius 1.97–185 ?m), which correspond to a mass of dust (220–21) × 10^3 kg.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1093/mnras/stx1441 |
| Additional information: | https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.02729 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | methods: data analysis, methods: numerical, methods: observational, comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov, Gerasimenko |
| Subjects: | Q Science |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
| Depositing User: | Stephen Lowry |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2017 14:58 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 15:54 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/63518 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Lowry, S.C..
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