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Water Ice Sublimation Distribution on the Surface of Short Period Comet

Liu, Can; Zhao, Yu-Hui; Ji, Jiang-Hui

Comets are the primitive planetesimals left in the solar system. Studying the evolution of comet nucleus is of great significance for understanding the formation and evolution history of other celestial bodies in the solar system. Under the action of solar radiation, the volatile components of comets sublimate and drive the dust movement, resultin…