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LAL Workshop: Dynamics and formation of the Oort cloud, Observatoire de Lille, Lille : France (2011)
A new method to compute non-gravitational accelerations on comets
Lucie Maquet 1
(2011-09-27)

I will present a new model for cometary non-gravitational forces (NGF) aiming to revisit the problem of NGF calculation and nucleus density determination. The method is based on the modeling of the nucleus surface in several strips located at different latitudes. The contribution of each strip to the overall NGF and the density of the nucleus are fitted from the astrometric and photometric measurements.
1:  Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides (IMCCE)
CNRS : UMR8028 – INSU – Observatoire de Paris – Université Pierre et Marie Curie [UPMC] - Paris VI – Université Lille I - Sciences et technologies
Sciences of the Universe/Astrophysics/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Physics/Astrophysics/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics