A Monte Carlo Model for the Flow of Dust in a Porous Comet Nucleus

Y. Shoshany; M. Podolak; D. Prialnik; B. Berkowitz

doi:10.1006/icar.1999.6049

A Monte Carlo Model for the Flow of Dust in a Porous Comet Nucleus

Y. Shoshany^*, M. Podolak, D. Prialnik, B. Berkowitz

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Department of Geophysics

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We describe a Monte Carlo model that simulates dust migration in a porous cometary nucleus. We present computations for media in which the pore-size distributions are either random or normal; additional computations indicate that media with power-law size distributions behave very similarly to random distributions. We show how the average time to cross the medium varies as a function of porosity and how the structure of the medium varies with time. Implications for the structure of the cometary nucleus are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	348-354
Number of pages	7
Journal	Icarus
Volume	137
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1006/icar.1999.6049
State	Published - 1 Feb 1999

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Comet surfaces
Comets
Ices

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