Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986plas.rept..177i&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1985 p 177-178 (SEE N87-12407 03-89)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Giacobini-Zinner Comet, Halley'S Comet, Planet Ephemerides, Radio Astronomy, Cosmic Gases, Magnetic Fields, Particle Production, Tracking Networks, Very Large Array (Vla)
Scientific paper
Some 34 radio observatories in 18 countries are participating in the Radio Science Net of the International Halley Watch. Approximately 100 radio astronomers are contributing to this effort, which has included observations of comets P/Crommelin and P/Giacobini-Zinner as well as P/Halley. It is clear that the record of data for the 18 cm OH ground state lambda doublet, which provides fundamental information on the gas production rate, kinematics, and potentially the magnetic field in the coma, will be vastly more complete and of higher accuracy than has even been obtained on any previous comet. The coverage by a number of radio observatories will enable short period variations to be studied and correlated with simultaneous data obtained at other wavelengths. Likewise, the first definitive detection of the important parent molecule hydrogen cyanide in a comet was obtained and is being studied by groups in the United States, Sweden, and France. The first detection of the comet with the Very Large Array telescope operated by NRAO was achieved and has produced exciting results for the distribution of emission at high angular resolution from the OH radical. At this writing data are still being obtained and being processed, and there are still strong indications that exciting information will be obtained from radar studies of P/Halley and from searches for additional parent molecules.
Brown David R.
Gerard Emmanuelle
Godfrey Peter
Irvine William M.
Schloerb Peter F.
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