Cometary nuclei internal structure from early aggregation simulations

R. Botet (1) , Jérémie Lasue (2) , Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (3) , Edith Hadamcik (3)

1 LPS - Laboratoire de Physique des Solides
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 PLANETO - LATMOS

A new model for the aggregation of cometesimals in the primordial solar nebula is proposed. Disruptive and sticking effects of impacts on the aggregates properties lead to particular inner geology, as well as layered surface of the resulting nuclei.

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

R. Botet, Jérémie Lasue, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Edith Hadamcik. Cometary nuclei internal structure from early aggregation simulations. Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) 2012, proceedings, May 2012, Niigata, Japan. pp.6015. ⟨hal-00723884⟩