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dirtysnowball model1 CONSTRUCTDirty snowball modelWHIPPLE · PLANETARY SCIENCE

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Planetary science

the model of a comet nucleus as a solid body of ices mixed with dust, whose outgassing produces nongravitational forces.

In planetary science, dirty snowball model refers to the model of a comet nucleus as a solid body of ices mixed with dust, whose outgassing produces nongravitational forces. This meaning comes from Whipple (1950) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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  1. Whipple, F. L. (1950). A comet model. I. The acceleration of Comet Encke. The Astrophysical Journal, 111, 375. https://doi.org/10.1086/145272

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