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The Large Smooth Patch on Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Remnant of a Recent Past Event

  • Authors: J. L. Rizos, T. L. Farnham, J. M. Sunshine, J. L. Kloos, J. L. Ortiz

J. L. Rizos et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 6.

Example of measurements of the cliff region and the smooth patch area using the SBMT software. (a) Pairs of points used to measure cliff elevations using the shape model. (b) Area measurements after projecting images onto the shape model. The smooth patch is indicated by the dark red region. The surrounding light red region delineates the cliff-bounded region. The cliff area for which we report area and mass corresponds to the light red region, excluding the dark red smooth patch. In both figures, the white arrows indicate the meridian (see Figure 2 for reference).

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