The dust environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta OSIRIS and VLT observations in the 4.5 to 2.9 AU heliocentric distance range inbound

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Title:	The dust environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta OSIRIS and VLT observations in the 4.5 to 2.9 AU heliocentric distance range inbound
Authors:	葉永烜;Moreno, F.;Snodgrass, C.;Hainaut, O.;Tubiana, C.;Sierks, H.;Barbieri, C.;Lamy, P. L.;Rodrigo, R.;Koschny, D.;Rickman, H.;Keller, H. U.;Agarwal, J.;A’Hearn, M. F.;Barucci, M. A.;Bertaux, J.-L.;Bertini, I.;Besse, S.;Bodewits, D.;Cremonese, G.;Da Deppo, V.;Davidsson, B.;Debei, S.;De Cecco, M.;Ferri, F.;Fornasier, S.;Fulle, M.;Groussin, O.;Gutiérrez, P. J.;Gutiérrez-Marques, P.;Güttler, C.;Hviid, S. F.;Ip, W.-H.;Jorda, L.;Knollenberg, J.;Kovacs, G.;Kramm, J.-R.;Kührt, E.;Küppers, M.;Lara, L. M.;Lazzarin, M.;López-Moreno, J. J.;Marzari, F.;Mottola, S.;Naletto, G.;Oklay, N.;Pajola, M.;Thomas, N.;Vincent, J. B.;Della Corte, V.;Fitzsimmons, A.;Faggi, S.;Jehin, E.;Opitom, C.;Tozzi, G.-P.
Contributors:	理學院天文研究所
Keywords:	Astronomy;A�rospatiale, astronomie & astrophysique;Comets;comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko;Dust;European Space Agency;Grains;methods: data analysis;Monitors;Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences;Physique, chimie, math�matiques & sciences de la terre;Space science, astronomy & astrophysics;techniques: photometric;Time dependence;Very Large Telescope
Date:	2016-03-01
Issue Date:	2026-04-21 14:48:44 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	EDP Sciences
Abstract:	摘要： Context. The ESA Rosetta spacecraft, currently orbiting around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has already provided in situ measurements of the dust grain properties from several instruments,particularly OSIRIS and GIADA. We propose adding value to those measurements by combining them with ground-based observations of the dust tail to monitor the overall, time-dependent dust-production rate and size distribution. Aims. To constrain the dust grain properties, we take Rosetta OSIRIS and GIADA results into account, and combine OSIRIS data during the approach phase (from late April to early June 2014) with a large data set of ground-based images that were acquired with the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) from February to November 2014. Methods. A Monte Carlo dust tail code, which has already been used to characterise the dust environments of several comets and active asteroids, has been applied to retrieve the dust parameters. Key properties of the grains (density, velocity, and size distribution) were obtained from Rosetta observations: these parameters were used as input of the code to considerably reduce the number of free parameters. In this way, the overall dust mass-loss rate and its dependence on the heliocentric distance could be obtained accurately. Results. The dust parameters derived from the inner coma measurements by OSIRIS and GIADA and from distant imaging using VLT data are consistent, except for the power index of the size-distribution function, which is α = −3, instead of α = −2, for grains smaller than 1 mm. This is possibly linked to the presence of fluffy aggregates in the coma. The onset of cometary activity occurs at approximately 4.3 AU, with a dust production rate of 0.5 kg/s, increasing up to 15 kg/s at 2.9 AU. This implies a dust-to-gas mass ratio varying between 3.8 and 6.5 for the best-fit model when combined with water-production rates from the MIRO experiment. 出版者： EDP Sciences 出版日期： 2016-03-01 出處： Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2016-03, Vol.587, p.A155- 資源來源： EDP Sciences 識別號： ISSN: 0004-6361 識別號： ISSN: 1432-0746 識別號： EISSN: 1432-0746 識別號： DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201527564
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