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Specific Calculation
Survey Calculations
Variable visual albedo
Variable infrared albedo
Variable heliocentric distance
Variable obliquity
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Rapid Rotator Ice Sublimation Calculator
(Specific Calculation)
Species
H2O
H2O-CH4
CO2
CO
Select the volatile species on the surface of the nucleus
Visual albedo (between 0 and 1)
Effective albedo for absorption of sunlight
Infrared albedo (between 0 and 1)
Effective albedo for thermal emission
Heliocentric distance (au)
Distance between the sun and the comet's nucleus
Obliquity (between 0 and 90 degrees)
Angle between the object's rotational axis and its orbital axis
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