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Multidimensional Dusty Gasdynamical Models of Inner Cometary Atmospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Tamas I. Gombosi*
Affiliation:
Space Physics Research LaboratoryDepartment of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space SciencesThe University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI 48109USA

Abstract.

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The presently available multidimensional dusty gasdynamic cometary atmosphere models are reviewed. This paper examines the simplifying assumptions and their potential consequences. Special attention is paid to the question of potential nightside dust accumulation presently predicted by Korosmezey and Gombosi (1989).

Type
Section V: The Cometary Coma
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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