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Cometary dust coma models. I. Analytic calculations
Author(s) -
Gottlöber S.,
Liebscher D.E.,
Mücket J. P.,
Müller V.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113070602
Subject(s) - physics , coma (optics) , astrophysics , astronomy , astrobiology
The dust coma of comets is calculated within the fountain model of isotropically ejected particles. A method to estimate the particle size distribution is proposed.