The Effect of the Heat of Impact on the Activation of Main Belt Comets
- Autor(en)
- J. Werner, Thomas Maindl, Nader Haghighipour, Christoph Schäfer, Roland Speith, Wilhelm Kley
- Abstrakt
Main Belt Comets' activity is assumed to be driven by the sublimation of volatiles, making them candidates for the delivery of a part of Earth's water. We simulate impacts of smaller objects that could have played a major role in activating them.
- Organisation(en)
- Institut für Astrophysik
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, University of Hawaii
- Publikationsdatum
- 08-2016
- ÖFOS 2012
- 103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/86bb33dd-6e0e-4cdb-bc29-e7244f75b948