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Table 1

Initial parameters for the thermal evolution model.

Parameter Symbol Value Unit
Bond albedo A, AR, AT 0.06
Emissivity ε 0.95
Initial temperature Ti 30 K
Hertz factor fH 0.005
Pore radius rpore 10−4 m
Porosity ψ 75 %
Mass per unit volume Dust ρd 1000 kg m−3
H2O ice ρamcr 917 kg m−3
CO ice 1250 kg m−3
CO2 ice 1977 kg m−3
Mass fraction Dust/H2O 1
CO/H2O 0
CO2/H2O 0
Thermal conductivity Dust κd 3 W m−1 K−1
Crystalline water ice κcr 567/T Wm−1 K−1
Amorphous water ice κam 2.34 × 10−3 T + 2.8 × 10−2 W m−1 K−1
Heat capacity Dust cd 1300 J kg−1 K−1
H2O ice 1610 J kg−1 K−1
CO ice cCO 2010 J kg−1 K−1
CO2 ice 1610 J kg−1 K−1
Latent heat of sublimation H2O 2.83 × 106 J kg−1
CO ΔHCO 0.29 × 106 J kg−1
CO2 0.58 × 106 J kg−1

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