The derivation of Halley parameters from observations |
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Authors: | R L Newburn R Reinhard |
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Institution: | * Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA ** Space Science Dept. of ESA/ESTEC, 2201 AZ Noordwijk ZH, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | A set of nominal model parameters for P/Halley is derived from its light curve and spectra. In those cases where Halley observations are not sufficient, the average value derived from a large set of other comets has been used, or data from comet Bennett, Halley's best analogue has been taken. The derived parameters include nucleus mass, size, density, albedo, rotation period, axial inclination, and surface temperature, the composition of the parent molecules, the total gas and dust production rates, distributions for the dust size and bulk density as well as various other parameters. |
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