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The Discus Comet: C/2014 B1 (Schwartz)

  • Authors: David Jewitt, Yoonyoung Kim, Jane Luu, and Ariel Graykowski

2019 The Astronomical Journal 157 103.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 9.

Effect of βmax on the morphology, corresponding to minimum particle radii 100, 10, and 1 μm, from left to right. Small particles occupy a radiation pressure swept tail to the west (right) that is not present in B1. This simulation is for UT 2018 March 11, for which the antisolar and negative heliocentric velocity vectors are as indicated in Figure 8.

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