Gravitational slopes, geomorphology, and material strengths of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from OSIRIS observations

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Authors

O. Groussin · Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille

L. Jordá · Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille

A.-T. Auger · Aix-Marseille Université

E. Kührt

R. W. Gaskell · Planetary Science Institute

Claire Capanna · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

F. Scholten

Frank Preusker

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Aims. We study the link between gravitational slopes and the surface morphology on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and provide constraints on the mechanical properties of the cometary material (tensile, shear, and compressive strengths).

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Astro and Planetary Science Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomical and nuclear sciences

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 583, pp. A32-A32

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201526379

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Gravitational slopes, geomorphology, and material strengths of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from OSIRIS observations

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