Swift Gamma Ray Observatory Observations Of The Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

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May 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...210.8903b&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #89.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.202

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The XRT on the Swift Gamma Ray Observatory has been used to observe fragment C of the comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 on 19 different days over the course of May and June of 2006. During these observations, comet 73P/SW3C was near perihelion and passed within 0.1 AU of the Earth. The XRT spectra show distinct line emission from helium-like and hydrogenic oxygen. This line emission is caused by charge exchange recombination between solar wind ions and cometary neutrals. Our observations also include monitoring of the comet with Swift's UV/Optical Telescope. An overview of our observation, the XRT spectra, and the current status of our data analysis will be presented.
Work at LLNL was completed under the auspices of the U.S. D.o.E by the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract W-7405-Eng-48.

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