Halo of icy bodies as a possible source of flareups of cometary brightness - Mathematical model of a flareup

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6783790

Andrienko, D A; Mishchishina, I I

A mathematical model is proposed for the mechanism of flareups of the brightness of comets, based on the process of fragmentation of unstable icy bodies contained in their atmospheres under the action of particles of high-velocity corpuscular streams of the solar wind. The model well explains the set of phenomena observed during flareups of cometary brightness. 27 references.

• Research Organization: Kievskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet, Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
• OSTI ID: 6783790
• Journal Information: Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 30
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COMETS
BRIGHTNESS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ICE
INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE SIZE
SOLAR RADIATION
SOLAR WIND
EQUATIONS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
SIZE
SOLAR ACTIVITY
STELLAR RADIATION
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