NICER observation list: Target ID 462312
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462312
- Target Name = Comet_67P_313
- 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 |
| 4623120201 |
117.279 |
26.649 |
193.953 |
23.741 |
59527.4648 |
59527.4773 |
929.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59537.0 |
59721 |
| 4623120301 |
117.278 |
26.649 |
193.953 |
23.740 |
59529.4662 |
59529.4803 |
1072.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59538.8 |
59723 |