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Light Scattering as a Clue to Cometary Dust Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

A. Chantal Levasseur-Regourd,
E. Hadamcik and
J. Lasue
A. Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Affiliation:
Univ. Paris6 / Aéronomie CNRS-IPSL, BP 3, 91371 Verrières, France
E. Hadamcik
Affiliation:
Univ. Paris6 / Aéronomie CNRS-IPSL, BP 3, 91371 Verrières, France
J. Lasue
Affiliation:
Univ. Paris6 / Aéronomie CNRS-IPSL, BP 3, 91371 Verrières, France

Abstract

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The linear polarization of comets depends upon the cometary dust physical properties, as well as upon the phase angle and the wavelength. The observed similarities and discrepancies provide drastic constraints on the physical properties of the dust. A series of measurements of light scattering properties on clouds of particles and of the aggregates they form under microgravity conditions should allow the interpretation of the observations in terms of physical properties of the dust.

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Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005, pp. 498 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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