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A Model for the Nucleus of Encke's Comet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Z. Sekanina
Z. Sekanina*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A study of the nongravitational deviations in the motion of P/Encke suggests that the nucleus of this comet can conceivably be approximated by a core-mantle model, composed of a porous solid core with embedded ices, surrounded by a thick envelope of free ices that gradually sublimates out.

Type
Part IV/Physical Processes in Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 45: The Motion, Evolution of Orbits and Origin of Comets , 1972 , pp. 301 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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