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The Rocky-Like Behavior of Cometary Landslides on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Lucchetti A.
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Penasa L.
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Pajola M.
altro
Tubiana C.
2019
  • journal article

Periodico
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Abstract
Landslides have been identified on several solar system bodies, and different mechanisms have been proposed to explain their runout length. We analyze images from the Rosetta mission and report the global characterization of such features on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's surface. By assuming the height to runout length as an approximation for the friction coefficient of landslide material, we find that on comet 67P, this ratio falls between 0.50 and 0.97. Such unexpected high values reveal a rocky-type mechanical behavior that is much more akin to Earth dry landslides than to icy satellites' mass movements. This behavior indicates that 67P and likely comets in general are characterized by consolidated materials possibly rejecting the idea that they are fluffy aggregates. The variability of the runout length among 67P landslides can be attributed to the different volatile content located in the top few meters of the cometary crust, which can drive the mass movement.
DOI
10.1029/2019GL085132
WOS
WOS:000504538200001
Archivio
http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2965937
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85077219924
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2019GL085132
Diritti
closed access
license:copyright editore
license:copyright editore
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/request-item?handle=11368/2965937
Soggetti
  • comet 67P

  • comet surface

  • landslides

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