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Title:
Coma morphology and dust-emission pattern of periodic Comet Halley. II - Nucleus spin vector and modeling of major dust features in 1910
Authors:
Sekanina, Z.; Larson, S. M.
Affiliation:
AA(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA), AB(Arizona, University, Tucson, AZ)
Publication:
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 89, Sept. 1984, p. 1408-1425. NASA-supported research. (AJ Homepage)
Publication Date:
09/1984
Category:
Astrophysics; Comets
Origin:
STI; LPI [AN-840945%J]
NASA/STI Keywords:
ASTROMETRY, COMET NUCLEI, COMETARY ATMOSPHERES, COSMIC DUST, HALLEY'S COMET, SPIN DYNAMICS, COMET HEADS, EJECTA, GIOTTO MISSION, ORBITAL ELEMENTS, PARTICLE EMISSION, RADIATION PRESSURE, ROTATING BODIES
LPI Keywords:
COMETS, COMAE, MORPHOLOGY, DUST, EMISSIONS, PATTERNS, HALLEY, SPIN, COMET NUCLEI, MODELS, FEATURES, EVOLUTION, JETS, CONDENSATION, SOURCE, EJECTION, FEATURES, IMAGERY, TELESCOPIC OBSERVATIONS, PERIOD, SURFACE, PARAMETERS, COORDINATES, VELOCITY, RADIATION, PRESSURE, CALCULATIONS, EJECTA, ORBITS, OBLIQUITY, ASTRONOMY, MOTION, CELESTIAL MECHANICS, ROTATION, DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY
DOI:
10.1086/113643
Bibliographic Code:
1984AJ.....89.1408S

Abstract

The continuous ejection of dust from discrete emission sources on the rotating nucleus of the Comet Halley is modelled in order to explain the evolution of spiral jets which unwind from the nucleus condensation into envelopes or halos in the comet head. The model is applied to digitally processed images of three features of the comet taken from Mount Wilson plates during the 1910 fly-by. The model permits a determination of the motion and spin vector for each emission source, its cometocentric coordinates, and a function relating particle ejection velocity to the solar radiation pressure exerted on the ejecta. It is found that the obliquity of the comet orbit's plane to its equatorial plane is 45 deg, the axis of rotation period of 17.3 days. The derived function of particle ejection velocity to the solar radiation pressure implied no contribution from grains larger than 10 microns in radius. High dust loading of gas flows from the June 1910 emission sources is indicated. It is estimated that because of the favorable approach geometry of the Gioto spacecraft during its 1986 flyby, the likelihood of encountering dense jets of dust is small.

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