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dc.contributor.authorVasundhara, R-
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-09T13:49:40Z-
dc.date.available2009-11-09T13:49:40Z-
dc.date.issued2009-11-
dc.identifier.citationICARUS, Vol. 204, No.1, 194 - 208en
dc.identifier.issn0019-1035-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2248/4902-
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dc.description.abstractThe pre-Deep Impact images of Comet Tempel-1 obtained at the Indian Astronomical Observatory are used to investigate the morphology of the dust coma of the comet. We show that the trajectory of a cometary grain under the influence of solar radiation pressure is a reliable diagnostic to estimate its initial velocity. Four main active regions at mean latitudes +45° ± 5°(D), 0° ± 5° (E),‑30° ± 5°(A) and‑60° ± 5°(F) are found to explain the morphology of the dust coma in the ground-based and published images obtained by the High Resolution Instrument(HRI) cameras aboard the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft. From a χ2 fit of the intensity distribution in the observed and the simulated images, we derive the fraction of the productivity of the active vents to the total dust emission of the comet to be 27%. Of this the southern source alone accounts for 19.8%. The grains are found to be ejected with a velocity distribution with an upper limit of 70 ± 7 m s‑1. However, the broad region ‘A’ appears to eject slower grains with an upper limit of 24 ± 2.5 m s‑1. This source, that is active throughout the cycle is likely to be driven by CO sublimation. We compute the dependence of the percentage contribution of the southern source on the heliocentric distance and show that this ratio varies over the apparition and reaches a maximum at around 260 days before perihelion. The published images of the nucleus of Comet Tempel-1 show significant departure from sphericity. Therefore, the torque exerted by the enhanced activity of the southern region may be significant enough to produce changes in the rotational state of the nucleus before each perihelion passage.en
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dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.001en
dc.rights© Elsevieren
dc.subjectComet Tempel-1en
dc.subjectComets-Dusten
dc.subjectComets-Comaen
dc.titleInvestigations of the pre-deep impact morphology of the dust coma of comet tempel 1en
dc.typeArticleen
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