Sufficiency of near-surface water ice as a driver of dust activity on comets - Rethinking the old enigma

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Fig. 13

Effective vapour pressure of sublimated water ice under a porous layer consisting of aggregates of radius 1 mm (top panel) and 0.1 mm (bottom panel) depending on the thickness of the layer and the incident solar energy.

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