NICER observation list: Target ID 462305
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462305
- Target Name = Comet_67P_306
- 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 |
| 4623050101 |
111.124 |
26.395 |
192.120 |
18.500 |
59518.8183 |
59518.8306 |
912.0 |
52 |
8 |
VALIDATED |
59535.0 |
59712 |
| 4623050201 |
111.125 |
26.395 |
192.120 |
18.501 |
59520.8132 |
59520.8308 |
1359.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59531.0 |
59714 |
| 4623050301 |
111.125 |
26.396 |
192.120 |
18.501 |
59522.8142 |
59522.8292 |
1072.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59533.1 |
59716 |