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Large dust particles around comets

Moreno, F.; Ortiz, J. L.; Molina, A. +1 more

A expression to estimate the maximum diameter, dmax, of the boulders ejected from comets is shown. Special attention is devoted to discuss the influence of the nucleus rotation in the determination of the size of the largest particles. An increase of the dmax about 40% is found for comets spinning with a six hours period. Particularly, these expre…