The outgassing does affect the orbit, but the actual impact is very small.
The actual mass loss is tiny compared with the entire mass of the nucleus,
and the material velocity is low.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Count Deiro" <[email protected]>
To: "Gary Fujihara" <[email protected]>; "MeteorList"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EPOXI images of Comet Hartley 2
Gary and List,
Thank you for the post, Big Kahuna. Anybody know if all that outgassing
imparts any thrust to the comet... and if so would it affect its orbit?
Count Deiro
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