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Gravitational slopes, geomorphology, and material strengths of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from OSIRIS observations

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2015

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O. Groussin, L. Jordá, A.-T. Auger, E. Kührt, R. W. Gaskell, Claire Capanna, F. Scholten, Frank Preusker, P. Lamy, S. F. Hviid,
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Abstract

Aims. We study the link between gravitational slopes and the surface morphology on the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and provide constraints on the mechanical properties of the cometary material (tensile, shear, and compressive strengths).

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