NICER observation list: Target ID 462328
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462328
- Target Name = Comet_67P_350d
- 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 |
| 4623280101 |
135.406 |
27.685 |
198.201 |
39.482 |
59563.0735 |
59563.0799 |
280.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59572.7 |
59757 |
| 4623280201 |
135.407 |
27.678 |
198.209 |
39.482 |
59565.0653 |
59565.0921 |
1769.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59574.7 |
59759 |
| 4623280301 |
135.406 |
27.679 |
198.207 |
39.481 |
59567.0737 |
59567.0798 |
273.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59576.8 |
59761 |