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From the dynamic modeling of the process forming the dust tail of comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR), the brightness distribution in this dust tail has been retrieved. The model developed by Korsun on the basis of the statistical Monte-Carlo approach was used. The adequacy of the model was determined by fitting the observed and modeled isophots. The following parameters of dust particles composing the dust component of the cometary atmosphere have been estimated: the range of radii (0.7–100 μm), the power index of the size distribution law (–2.4), the range of velocities (6–135 m/s), and the maximum age of dust particles (88 days).
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Published in Ukrainian in Kinematika i Fizika Nebesnykh Tel, 2015, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 30–36.
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Kharchuk, S.V., Ivanova, O.V., Korsun, P.P. et al. Model analysis of the dust tail of comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR). Kinemat. Phys. Celest. Bodies 31, 232–236 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0884591315050037
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