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Injection of large grains into orbits around comet nuclei.

Fulle, M.

Starting from the nucleus surface, the motion of dust boulders of diameters larger than the solar radiation pressure resonance size (Richter & Keller, 1995Icar..114..355R) is investigated by numerical integration of the motion equation for times larger than the comet orbital period. The motion equation takes into account the comet nucleus grav…