Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT): Behavior of a Cometary Dust Tail at 0.1 AU From the Sun

Details Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT): Behavior of a Cometary Dust Tail at 0.1 AU From the Sun Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT): Behavior of a Cometary Dust Tail at 0.1 AU From the Sun

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004agufmsh51d0292j&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2004, abstract #SH51D-0292

Physics

6015 Dust, 6025 Interactions With Solar Wind Plasma And Fields, 6210 Comets, 2129 Interplanetary Dust, 2134 Interplanetary Magnetic Fields

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Comet C/2002 V1 (NEAT) was observed by the LASCO coronagraph aboard the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft during February 16-20, 2003. This period spanned the comet's perihelion passage at 0.1 AU from the Sun. The observing geometry was excellent, with the comet's orbital plane almost perpendicular to the line of sight. Images obtained using the instrument's five optical-near IR broadband filters reveal an ion tail and a highly structured dust tail. The comet's extremely high gas and dust production rates were similar to those of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), but peaked in a much more extreme solar wind environment. Two large coronal mass ejections erupted in the comet's general direction during the observations, the largest of which affected not only the ion tail, but also the striated dust tail. Significant changes were observed in the dust tail's structure that we interpret as evidence of an interaction between the CME and electrically-charged cometary dust. We shall present our observations of the dust component of the comet, and our interpretations of them, supported by the results of simulations.

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