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

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Table 2

Results obtained with the DSMC simulations.

ϕ	P_L/P₀	Z/Z₀	b	Kn (range)
0.45	0.003	0.012	0.77	9–4138
0.65	0.010	0.033	1.48	7–846

Notes. Normalised outlet pressure and production rate, parameter b of the BFM model, and range of the Kn number for the two different porosities.

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