Contextualizing Cometary Activity and Coma Structure: Exploring the Influence of Nucleus S — NSF Award to The University of Centra
Spacecraft missions have revolutionized our understanding of cometary science, but the costs associated with such missions are too high to characterize a statistically significant number of comet nuclei using this approach. Therefore, most comet nuclei will still be studied remotely using techniques that analyze their
| Award title | Contextualizing Cometary Activity and Coma Structure: Exploring the Influence of Nucleus S |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2510292 |
| Awardee | The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees |
| City | ORLANDO |
| State | FL |
| Amount obligated | $538,876 |
| Principal investigator | Charles Schambeau |
| Program | PLANETARY ASTRONOMY |
| Start date | 08/01/2025 |
| Abstract | Spacecraft missions have revolutionized our understanding of cometary science, but the costs associated with such missions are too high to characterize a statistically significant number of comet nuclei using this approach. Therefore, most comet nuclei will still be studied remotely using techniques that analyze their comae to infer properties of the underlying and unresolvable nuclei. A thorough investigation into the consequences of an assumed spherical or nearly spheroidal nucleus shape on th |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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