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Cometary dust coma models. II. Computer experiments
Author(s) -
Gottlöber S.,
Liebscher D.E.,
Mücket J. P.,
Müller V.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113070603
Subject(s) - coma (optics) , physics , rotation (mathematics) , anisotropy , astrophysics , cosmic dust , optics , geometry , mathematics
Computer simulations of a cometary dust coma are presented which take into account different distribution functions of the ejected material as well as anisotropic ejection due to the rotation of the nucleus and single active regions on its surface.