EVOLUTION OF THE DUST SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV–GERASIMENKO FROM 2.2 au TO PERIHELION

By M. Fulle, F. Marzari, V. Corte, S. Fornasier, H. Sierks, A. Rotundi, C. Barbieri, P. Lamy, R. Rodrigo, D. Koschny and 67 more. 2016

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Evidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles (2017, methodology): “Solving the two equations with Y = 0.105, we get X = 0.05, in agreement with the needed mass surface fraction fitting ROSINA COPS data, and Z = 0.05, in agreement with the ice mass content in dust derived by Fulle et al. (2016a).”
Carbon-rich dust in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by COSIMA/Rosetta (2017, background): “If the dust-to-water mass ratio is above 5 in comet 67P (Fulle et al. 2016), by making a rough assumption that dust-to-ice ratio in the nucleus would be approximately the same, the macromolecular phase would be O: 41% C: 30% Si: 13% Fe: 7.5% Mg: 1.3% H: 2.5% Other: 4.8% Weight% O: 30% C: 30% H:…”