Landslides, avalanches may be key to long-term comet activity
Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 07:28
in Earth & Climate
The release of gases through sublimation is the defining process of comets, but a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Jordan K. Steckloff and Senior Scientist Nalin H. Samarasinha says that periodic landslides and avalanches, known as mass wasting, may be responsible for keeping comets active over a long time.