The physics of sediment transport initiation, cessation, and entrainment across aeolian and fluvial environments

T Pähtz, AH Clark, M Valyrakis… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the morphodynamics of sedimentary landscapes due to fluvial and aeolian flows
requires answering the following questions: Is the flow strong enough to initiate sediment …

Cometary dust

AC Levasseur-Regourd, J Agarwal, H Cottin… - Space science …, 2018 - Springer
This review presents our understanding of cometary dust at the end of 2017. For decades,
insight about the dust ejected by nuclei of comets had stemmed from remote observations …

Elemental and molecular abundances in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

M Rubin, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Comets are considered to be some of the most pristine and unprocessed Solar system
objects accessible to in situ exploration. Investigating their molecular and elemental …

Shape model, reference system definition, and cartographic mapping standards for comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko–Stereo-photogrammetric analysis of Rosetta …

F Preusker, F Scholten, KD Matz, T Roatsch… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
We analyzed more than 200 OSIRIS NAC images with a pixel scale of 0.9− 2.4 m/pixel of
comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) that have been acquired from onboard the …

Dust charging and transport on airless planetary bodies

X Wang, J Schwan, HW Hsu, E Grün… - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We report on laboratory experiments to shed light on dust charging and transport that have
been suggested to explain a variety of unusual phenomena on the surfaces of airless …

Evolution of the dust size distribution of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko from 2.2 AU to perihelion

M Fulle, F Marzari, V Della Corte… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Rosetta probe, orbiting Jupiter-family comet 67P/Churyumov–
Gerasimenko, has been detecting individual dust particles of mass larger than 10− 10 kg by …

The primordial nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

BJR Davidsson, H Sierks, C Güttler, F Marzari… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
Context. We investigate the formation and evolution of comet nuclei and other trans-
Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the solar nebula and primordial disk prior to the giant planet …

Sulphur-bearing species in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

U Calmonte, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Monthly Notices of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Several sulphur-bearing species have already been observed in different families of comets.
However, the knowledge on the minor sulphur species is still limited. The comet's sulphur …

Insolation, erosion, and morphology of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

HU Keller, S Mottola, B Davidsson… - Astronomy & …, 2015 - aanda.org
Context. The complex shape of comet 67P and its oblique rotation axis cause pronounced
seasonal effects. Irradiation and hence activity vary strongly. Aims. We investigate the …

Seasonal mass transfer on the nucleus of comet 67P/Chuyumov–Gerasimenko

HU Keller, S Mottola, SF Hviid, J Agarwal… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We collect observational evidence that supports the scheme of mass transfer on the nucleus
of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The obliquity of the rotation axis of 67P causes …