NICER observation list: Target ID 462335
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462335
- Target Name = Comet_19P_044
- 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 |
| 4623350101 |
29.596 |
13.132 |
147.015 |
-46.586 |
59621.8419 |
59621.8470 |
0.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59633.0 |
59815 |
| 4623350201 |
29.596 |
13.132 |
147.014 |
-46.586 |
59623.8411 |
59623.8523 |
437.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59634.8 |
59817 |
| 4623350301 |
29.596 |
13.131 |
147.014 |
-46.586 |
59625.8542 |
59625.8614 |
0.0 |
52 |
7 |
VALIDATED |
59640.1 |
59819 |