Tag: dust composition
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Polarization Comparison: 3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet vs Distant Solar System Comets
Overview: Polarimetric insights into 3I/ATLAS Recent measurements of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, reported by Z. Gray and colleagues, provide a unique window into the microphysics of dust in an extrasolar environment. By extending the polarimetric phase function over a broad range of phase angles, the study constrains the real part of the refractive index of…