Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1205.6000 (Sergei I. Ipatov)

Location of upper borders of cavities containing dust and gas under pressure in comets    [PDF]

Sergei I. Ipatov
The distance between the pre-impact surface of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 and the upper border of the largest cavity excavated during ejection of material after the collision of the impact module of the Deep Impact spacecraft with the comet is estimated to be about 5-6 metres if the diameter of the DI transient crater was about 150-200 m. The estimated distance was 4 m at the diameter was 100 m. This result suggests that cavities containing dust and gas under pressure located a few metres below surfaces of comets can be frequent.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.6000

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