The abundance of ammonia in Comet P/Halley derived from ultraviolet spectrophotometry of NH by ASTRON and IUE

Details The abundance of ammonia in Comet P/Halley derived from ultraviolet spectrophotometry of NH by ASTRON and IUE The abundance of ammonia in Comet P/Halley derived from ultraviolet spectrophotometry of NH by ASTRON and IUE

Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...404..348f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 404, no. 1, p. 348-355.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Abundance, Ammonia, Halley'S Comet, Iue, Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Hydroxyl Radicals, Photochemical Reactions, Solar System, Spaceborne Astronomy, Ultraviolet Photometry, Comets, Halley, Molecular Processes, Ultraviolet, Wavelengths, Ammonia, Oh Radical, Abundance, Spectrophotometry, Composition, Procedure, Flux, Iue Mission, Emissions, Nh Radical, Analysis, Satellite Observations, Astron Satellite, Comae, Water, Comparison, Production Rate, Spectra, Equipment

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From an analysis of the spatial profiles of both the NH and OH UV emissions observed by the ASTRON satellite, the ratio of ammonia-to-water production rates in Comet Halley on April 9, 1986 is derived and found to lie in the range of 0.44-0.94 percent. In order to compare this result with those based on both ground-based and in situ observations made on other dates during the 1985-1986 apparition of the comet, the IUE observational data base for December 1985 and March-April 1986 is used to evaluate the ratio of NH to OH column density in the IUE field of view and thus constrain the long-term behavior of this ratio. The IUE data base indicates that, to within a factor of 2, the ammonia-to-water production rate ratio is the same for a small sample of moderately bright comets observed recently.

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