17–19 mai 2016
Meudon site
Fuseau horaire Europe/Paris

Activity of comets : clues from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

19 mai 2016, 11:15
45m
Amphitheater Building 18 (Meudon site)

Amphitheater Building 18

Meudon site

Talk The Rosetta mission The Rosetta Mission

Orateur

Prof. Dominique Bockelée-Morvan (LESIA)

Description

Cometary activity involves complex processes, which are related to the thermal history of the comet nucleus and evolutionary effects, and depend on the nature and properties of surface and subsuface material. Whereas ground-based observations provided insights on the volatiles responsible for cometary activity and showed evidence for non-uniform activity and seasonnal effects, a thorough understanding of cometary activity requires spatially resolved investigations of surface/subsurface/inner coma properties and their evolution along the comet orbit. This talk will provide an overview of results obtained on the gaseous activity of comet 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko from Rosetta instruments.

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