NICER observation list: Target ID 462302
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462302
- Target Name = Comet_67P_303b
- Proposal Title = NICER DIAGNOSTICS OF THE COMET-SOLAR WIND INTERACTION WITH DEEP SPACE 1'S 19P AND ROSETTA'S 67P
- PI = DENNIS BODEWITS
- Proposal Category = SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS
- Cycle number = 4
- Observation Type = NOR
Abstract
We request 115 ksec of Nicer observing time to study the solar wind interaction of two comets, 19P/Borrelly and 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, whose plasma environments were studied in situ by the Deep Space 1 and Rosetta spacecraft, respectively. We will use the proposed observations to study how comets respond to time-variable solar wind conditions, to provide global context to the local measurements conducted by the spacecraft, and to investigate the source of poorly understood cometary 1-2 keV emission features.
| Obsid |
RA |
DEC |
l |
b |
Start |
End |
Exposure |
Number of
Modules |
Number of
Processing |
Status of
Processing |
Date of
Processing |
Public
date |
| 4623020101 |
108.279 |
26.233 |
191.266 |
16.079 |
59515.9792 |
59515.9910 |
897.0 |
52 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
59526.7 |
59709 |
| 4623020201 |
108.276 |
26.230 |
191.267 |
16.075 |
59517.9713 |
59517.9921 |
1632.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59528.8 |
59711 |
| 4623020301 |
108.277 |
26.230 |
191.267 |
16.076 |
59519.9764 |
59519.9857 |
697.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59531.9 |
59713 |