People | Locations | Statistics |
---|---|---|
Naji, M. |
| |
Motta, Antonella |
| |
Aletan, Dirar |
| |
Mohamed, Tarek |
| |
Ertürk, Emre |
| |
Taccardi, Nicola |
| |
Kononenko, Denys |
| |
Petrov, R. H. | Madrid |
|
Alshaaer, Mazen | Brussels |
|
Bih, L. |
| |
Casati, R. |
| |
Muller, Hermance |
| |
Kočí, Jan | Prague |
|
Šuljagić, Marija |
| |
Kalteremidou, Kalliopi-Artemi | Brussels |
|
Azam, Siraj |
| |
Ospanova, Alyiya |
| |
Blanpain, Bart |
| |
Ali, M. A. |
| |
Popa, V. |
| |
Rančić, M. |
| |
Ollier, Nadège |
| |
Azevedo, Nuno Monteiro |
| |
Landes, Michael |
| |
Rignanese, Gian-Marco |
|
Ciarletti, V.
in Cooperation with on an Cooperation-Score of 37%
Topics
Publications (5/5 displayed)
- 2019The Thermal, Mechanical, Structural, and Dielectric Properties of Cometary Nuclei After Rosettacitations
- 2019WISDOM Calibration Methodology and Instrument Transfer Function Impact on Surface Permittivity Measurements and Depth Resolution
- 2017Subsurface characterization by the ground penetrating radar WISDOM/ExoMars 2020
- 2016A porosity gradient in 67P/C-G nucleus suggested from CONSERT and SESAME-PP results: an interpretation based on new laboratory permittivity measurements of porous icy analoguescitations
- 2011Dielectric and Hardness Measurements of Martian Analog Rocks in Support of the WISDOM Radar on ExoMars
Places of action
Organizations | Location | People |
---|
article
The Thermal, Mechanical, Structural, and Dielectric Properties of Cometary Nuclei After Rosetta
Abstract
The physical properties of cometary nuclei observed today relate to their complex history and help to constrain their formation and evolution. In this article, we review some of the main physical properties of cometary nuclei and focus in particular on the thermal, mechanical, structural and dielectric properties, emphasising the progress made during the Rosetta mission. Comets have a low density of 480±220 kgm<sup>−3</sup>and a low permittivity of 1.9–2.0, consistent with a high porosity of 70–80%, are weak with a very low global tensile strength <100Pa, and have a low bulk thermal inertia of 0--60 JK<sup>−1</sup>m<sup>−2</sup>s<sup>−1/2</sup>that allowed them to preserve highly volatiles species (e.g. CO, CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>) into their interior since their formation. As revealed by 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the above physical properties vary across the nucleus, spatially at its surface but also with depth. The broad picture is that the bulk of the nucleus consists of a weakly bonded, rather homogeneous material that preserved primordial properties under a thin shell of processed material, and possibly covered by a granular material; this cover might in places reach a thickness of several meters. The properties of the top layer (the first meter) are not representative of that of the bulk nucleus. More globally, strong nucleus heterogeneities at a scale of a few meters are ruled out on 67P’s small lobe.