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Notes for the Research Community

Notes for the Research Community

by Norbert Schorghofer

• invariants_heat_equation.pdf
  Derivation of invariant parameters for surface temperatures of airless body

  Thermal inertia and thermal diffusivity are invariants of the one-dimensional heat equation with Stefan-Boltzmann Law boundary condition. Here, a formal derivation is given, along with a correction to the Standard Thermal Model for asteroids.

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