COMET SIMULATION
▸ Loading elliptical orbits & comet data (JPL)…
▸ Solving Kepler's equation (M = E − e·sinE)
▸ Building the ice-dust nucleus & coma
▸ Calibrating ion & dust tails to the solar wind
▸ Starting the journey around the Sun…
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true elliptical orbits · Kepler
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Halley
Distance to Sun
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Orbital velocity
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Outgassing activity
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Coma diameter
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Ion tail
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Dust tail
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Clock & perihelion
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🔭 Whole orbit
🔆 Perihelion
🔬 Nucleus cross-section
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NUCLEUS
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Outgassing activity & velocity over time
activity
velocity