NICER observation list: Target ID 462313
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462313
- Target Name = Comet_67P_314
- 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 |
| 4623130101 |
118.329 |
26.681 |
194.264 |
24.636 |
59526.6903 |
59526.7012 |
789.0 |
52 |
8 |
VALIDATED |
59537.0 |
59720 |
| 4623130201 |
118.328 |
26.681 |
194.264 |
24.635 |
59528.6925 |
59528.7058 |
1067.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59538.8 |
59722 |
| 4623130301 |
118.328 |
26.681 |
194.264 |
24.635 |
59530.6914 |
59530.7069 |
1051.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59543.0 |
59724 |