Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989icar...82..379l&link_type=abstract
Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 82, Dec. 1989, p. 379-388. Research sponsored by the Aerospace Corp. Previously announced in STAR
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Comet Nuclei, Comet Tails, Cometary Atmospheres, Emission Spectra, Spectrophotometry, Color, Gratings (Spectra), Silicates, Spectral Resolution
Scientific paper
Comet Wilson was observed from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory approximately 23.6 and 25.7 Apr. 1987, UT (approx. 3 to 5 days after perihelion) using the NASA-Ames Faint Object Grating Spectrometer. Spectrophotometric data were observed with a 21 inch aperture between 5 and 13 micrometer and with a spectral resolution of 50 to 100. Spectra of the inner coma and nucleus reveal a fairly smooth continuum with little evidence of silicate emission. The 5 to 8 micrometer color temperature of the comet was 300 + or - 15 K, approx. 15 percent higher than the equilibrium blackbody temperature. All three spectra of the nucleus show a new emission feature at approx. 12.25 micrometer approx. two channels (.22 micrometer) wide. Visual and photographic observations made during the time of these observations showed a broad faint, possible two component tail. No outburst activity was observed.
Bregman Jesse D.
Campins Humberto
Lynch David K.
Russell Ray W.
Witteborn Fred. C.
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