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TAURAT: Ratio of thermal to visible opacity of dust
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DUSTA: Single scattering albedo of dust
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ARC2: Henyey-Greenstein asymmetry factor
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KRC assumes broadband atmospheric opacities, but the default values are given a specific wavelengths.
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'''1.''' ''VIS/9μm dust opacity ratio is ~2:1'' (M. Smith personal communication);
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'''2.''' ''9μm to broadband TIR ratio is 2.5:1'' (ratio of maximum and average values of the dust opacity spectrum from Bandfield and Smith, [2003], Figure 3);
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[[Image:Atm_parameters_Change.png|600px|Figure 3 from Bandfield and Smith (2003)]]
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Revision as of 15:46, 8 November 2016

Running KRC for Non-Tidally Locked Airless Bodies

KRC can predict surface and subsurface temperatures for asteroids, comets, or any non-tidally locked body.

The ability to work with tidally locked body will be developed in the future, but is not yet available.

  • Define the body type

Planets and Pluto : No need to define bodytype

Mercury(!!!), Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter(!!!), Saturn(!!!), Uranus(!!!), Neptune(!!!), and Pluto can be modeled. (!!!): tidally locked or no rocky surface

Make sure to adjust the atmospheric parameters !

dv>krc(lat=12.,body="Pluto")
dv>


Comets : bodytype="comet"

dv>krc(lat=12.,bodytype="comet",body="1P-Halley",PTOTAL=0.)
dv>

A list of comets currently supported is provided here

Over 390,000 comets are supported

Make sure to turn off the atmosphere by setting PTOTAL=0.


Asteroids : bodytype="minor"

dv> out=krc(lat=0.,body="Bennu",bodytype="minor",PTOTAL=0.)
dv> 

A list of asteroids currently supported is provided here

Over 3200 comets are supported

Make sure to turn off the atmosphere by setting PTOTAL=0.


  • Define subsurface density/conductivity/specific heat profiles

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