An orbital water-ice cycle on comet 67P from colour changes.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 2020
Historique:
received: 05 08 2019
accepted: 05 11 2019
entrez: 7 2 2020
pubmed: 7 2 2020
medline: 7 2 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Solar heating of a cometary surface provides the energy necessary to sustain gaseous activity, through which dust is removed

Identifiants

pubmed: 32025011
doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-1960-2
pii: 10.1038/s41586-020-1960-2
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

49-52

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Auteurs

Gianrico Filacchione (G)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy. gianrico.filacchione@inaf.it.

Fabrizio Capaccioni (F)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Mauro Ciarniello (M)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Andrea Raponi (A)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Giovanna Rinaldi (G)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Maria Cristina De Sanctis (MC)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Dominique Bockelèe-Morvan (D)

LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Universitè, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Meudon, France.

Stèphane Erard (S)

LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Universitè, Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité, Meudon, France.

Gabriele Arnold (G)

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany.

Vito Mennella (V)

INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

Michelangelo Formisano (M)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Andrea Longobardo (A)

INAF-IAPS, Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology, Rome, Italy.

Stefano Mottola (S)

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany.

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