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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Origin of comets -An approach from physical properties of nuclei

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07640583
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

YAMAMOTO Tetsuo  Hokkaido Univ., Grad.Sch.of Sci., Prof., 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (10126196)

Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Keywordscomets / kuiper-belt object / powder / crystallization / dust / planetesimal
Research Abstract

The following results have been obtained on the origin of comets and physical properties of cometary nuclei.
1) Thermal conductivity of grain aggregates has been formulated on the basis of the percolation theory. A part of the results was presented at the ACM96 conference held in Versailles in July 1997. A full paper has been submitted to Planetary and Space Sciences.
2) A model for crystallization of amorphous cometary silicate dust has been proposed, and calculations of its crystallization degree have been made. The results were presented at the ACM96 conference and the IAU colloquium.
3) A lecture note on the origin and evolution of cometary ice has been published in The Cosmic Dust Connection of the NATO ASI series, where the lecture was given at the International School of Space Chemistry held at Erice in June 1994.
4) A perspective on the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt objects (EKOs) has been presented in Science, in which discussion is given on pristinity of EKOs and reservation of remnant planetesimals.

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All Publications (10 results)

  • [Publications] Yamamoto,T: "Are Kuiper Belt Objects Pristine?" Science. 273. 921-921 (1996)

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  • [Publications] T.Yamamoto: "Origin and Evolution of Cometary Ice" Cosmic Dust Connection (Lecture Note for International School of Space Chemistry on Cosmic Dust Connection). 413-441 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Sekiguchi,T et.al.: "The Observations of C_2 Comet Hyakutake" Proc.29th ISAS Lunar and Planetary Symposium. 224-227 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Sirono,S et. al: "Thermal Conductivity of a Granular Material" Planetary and Space Sciences. (in press). (1997)

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  • [Publications] 山本哲生: "岩波地球惑星科学講座第12巻「比較惑星学」" 岩波書店(in press), (1997)

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  • [Publications] Yamamoto, T.: "Are Kuiper Belt Objects Pristine?" Science. 273. 921 (1996)

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  • [Publications] T.Yamamoto: "Origin and Evolution of Cometary Ice Cosmic Dust Connection" Lecture Note for International School of Space Chemistry on Cosmic Dust Connection. 413-441 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Sekiguchi, T., Yamamoto, T., Watanabe, J., Fukushima, H., Yamamoto, N., and Kinoshita, D: "The Observations of C_2 Coma in Comet Hyakutake" Proc.29th ISAS Lunar and Planetary Symposium. 224-227 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Sirono, S.and Yamamoto T.: "Thermal Conductivity of a Granular Material" Planetary and Space Sciences. (in press). (1997)

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  • [Publications] T.Yamamoto: Small Bodies in the Solar System Comparative Planetology Iwanami Earth and Planetary Science Course 12, eds.A.Sumi, A.Taira, M Toriumi.and T.Matsui in Japanese. Iwanami Shoten, (1997)

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