Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1345s&link_type=abstract
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1345
Computer Science
Scientific paper
The Deep Impact eXtended Investigation (DIXI) flew past comet 103P/Hartley 2 on November 4, 2010 [1]. Near-infrared (1-5 μm) spectra from the HRI-IR instrument [2] were obtained of the nucleus at resolutions up to 25 m/pixel. Multispectral images were also acquired. Strong absorption bands due to water ice are seen both in the coma [1, 3] and in isolated areas on the nucleus. Notably an asymmetry is seen along the terminator, where in inbound images ice is seen on the surface and in outbound images jets are present and ice grains are detected in the coma. Efforts are underway to determine the abundance of water ice on the surface of Hartley 2 to help constrain the history of these deposits in relation to the comet's diurnal and seasonal cycles. In addition, these observations of Hartley 2 will be compared to those of 9P/Tempel 1 obtained with the same instrument during the Deep Impact prime mission [4].
A'Hearn Michael F.
Besse Sebastien
Farnham Tony L.
Feaga Lori M.
Groussin Olivier
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