Figure 1.
The maximum radius of porous agglomerates, rgr,max (in meters), that can be ejected into the coma from the surface of a cometary nucleus during quiet sublimation as a function of their density. These calculations assume that the cometary activity is controlled by the sublimation of water ice.

The maximum radius of porous agglomerates, rgr,max (in meters), that can be ejected into the coma from the surface of a cometary nucleus during quiet sublimation as a function of their density. These calculations assume that the cometary activity is controlled by the sublimation of water ice.

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