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Dust Activity Evolution and Constraints on Icy Grains in the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

  • Authors: Bin Liu, Xiaoping Zhang, Xiaodong Liu, Man-To Hui

Bin Liu et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Left: size-loss rate ﹩\left|da/dt\right|﹩ as a function of heliocentric distance for 10 μm pure water-ice grains and carbon-bearing icy grains. Right: radius evolution of 10 μm grains released at the perihelion of comet 3I. Vertical dashed lines mark 1, 10, and 100 days after release.

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