Trapping of gases by water ice and implications for icy bodies

A. Bar-Nun*, D. Prialnik, D. Laufer, E. Kochavi

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Abstract

The trapping of various gases by water ice at low temperatures (20-80K) and their release from the ice upon warming, was studied experimentally. The results of these experiments, together with a computation of the thermal evolution of a cometary nucleus, can explain the gas and dust jets which were observed to emanate from the nucleus of P/Halley. The experimental results are important also to the gas content of Titan.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)45-47
Number of pages3
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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