Gicquel, A.; Rose, M.; Vincent, J.-B.; Davidsson, B.; Bodewits, D.; A’Hearn, M. F.; Agarwal, J.; Fougere, N.; Sierks, H.; Bertini, I.; Lin, Z.-Y.; Barbieri, C.; Lamy, P. L.; Rodrigo, Rafael; Koschny, D.; Rickman, H.; Keller, H. U.; Barucci, M. A.; Bertaux, J.-L.; Besse, S.; ... (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(Suppl_2), S178-S185. Oxford University Press 10.1093/mnras/stx1441
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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 × 1011 to 6.90 × 1015 (radius 1.97–185 μm), which correspond to a mass of dust (220–21) × 103 kg.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rodrigo, Rafael, Thomas, Nicolas |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 520 Astronomy 600 Technology > 620 Engineering |
ISSN: |
0035-8711 |
Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dora Ursula Zimmerer |
Date Deposited: |
15 Nov 2017 09:47 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:07 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/mnras/stx1441 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.106267 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/106267 |
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