Evolution of ice/dust mixtures upon sublimation of ice, implications for comets and larger icy objects

Olivier Poch (1, 2) , Antoine Pommerol (2, 1) , Bernhard Jost (2, 1) , Zurine Yoldi (2, 1) , Nathalie Carrasco (3, 4) , Cyril Szopa (4) , Nichoilas Thomas (2)

1 NCCR PlanetS - National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS
2 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
3 IUF - Institut Universitaire de France
4 PLANETO - LATMOS

The surfaces of many objects in the Solar System comprise substantial quantities of water ice either in pure form or mixed with minerals and/or organic molecules. Sublimation is a process responsible for shaping and changing the reflectance properties of these objects.This peculiar process is not known enough and requires experimental studies .

Domains: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

Olivier Poch, Antoine Pommerol, Bernhard Jost, Zurine Yoldi, Nathalie Carrasco, et al.. Evolution of ice/dust mixtures upon sublimation of ice, implications for comets and larger icy objects. European Planetary Science Congress 2017, Sep 2017, Riga, Latvia. pp.EPSC2017-334. ⟨insu-01592339⟩