The dynamical history of comet Halley [PDF]
AbstractThe history of the attempts to predict the motion of comet Halley is outlined and the importance of the so-called nongravitational forces acting upon this comet is emphasized. Recent orbital work of the International Halley Watch Astrometry Network is reviewed. Comet Halley’s transverse nongravitational parameter is positive and nearly constant
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Models for the Comet Dynamical Environment [PDF]
An outgassing jet model is presented in support of spacecraft navigation for future missions to comets. The outgassing jet is modeled as an emission cone while the comet is modeled as a uniform density triaxial ellipsoid. The comet's motion about the sun is included in the model.
Byram, Sharyl Marie +2 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Genotoxicity of Captan in Amphibian Larvae (Xenopus laevis and Pleurodeles waltl) Using the Comet Assay and the Micronucleus Test [PDF]
Captan (N-trichloromethylthio-4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboximide) is a fungicide used to inhibit the growth of many types of fungi on plants used as foodstuffs.
Gauthier, Laury +8 more
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Dust Outburst Dynamics and Hazard Assessment for Close Spacecraft–Comet Encounters
Using the gas drag by sublimating cometary surface ices for the acceleration of dust particles and deceleration by the gravity field of the nucleus combined with basic laws of mechanics, the sizes, velocities, and number densities of escaping particles ...
Uwe Fink +6 more
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Singularities in mass-loaded MHD flow: The cometary bow shock [PDF]
We present a one-dimensional model of the mass-loading of the solar wind by cometary ions which predicts a singularity in the mass-loaded flow at M = 2. Further, a subshock occurs when the flow speed reaches M almost-equal-to 1.15.
A. J. Coates +5 more
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The Formation and Dynamical Survival of the Comet Cloud [PDF]
AbstractThe theory of a huge reservoir of comets (the “comet cloud”) extending to almost interstellar distances is analyzed, paying special attention to its dynamical stability, formation process and orbital properties of the incoming cloud comets. The perturbing influence of passing stars and giant molecular clouds is considered.
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Biomonitoring of the genotoxic potential of aqueous extracts of soils and bottom ash resulting from municipal solid waste incineration, using the comet and micronucleus tests on amphibian (Xenopus laevis) larvae and bacterial assays (MutatoxR and Ames tests) [PDF]
The management of contaminated soils and wastes is a matter of considerable human concern. The present study evaluates the genotoxic potential of aqueous extracts of two soils (leachates) and of bottom ash resulting from municipal solid waste ...
Gauthier, Laury +11 more
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Thermal model of water and CO activity of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) [PDF]
An investigation of the activity of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) with a thermophysical nucleus model that does not rely on the existence of amorphous ice is presented.
H.U. Keller +8 more
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Dynamics of the charged particles released from a Sun-grazing comet in the solar corona
The sun-grazing comet C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) showed a distorted, unconventional tail morphology near its perihelion (1.2Rs). Based on the “Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere” modeling result of the magnetic field and plasma dynamics in the solar corona, we ...
ChuanPeng Hou +4 more
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Single Cell Analysis of Human RAD18-Dependent DNA Post-Replication Repair by Alkaline Bromodeoxyuridine Comet Assay [PDF]
Damage to DNA can block replication progression resulting in gaps in the newly synthesized DNA. Cells utilize a number of post-replication repair (PRR) mechanisms such as the RAD18 controlled translesion synthesis or template switching to overcome the ...
Himabindu Gali +14 more
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