NICER observation list: Target ID 462336
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462336
- Target Name = Comet_19P_045
- 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 |
| 4623360101 |
30.284 |
13.816 |
147.536 |
-45.700 |
59622.8743 |
59622.8785 |
40.0 |
52 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
59633.1 |
59816 |
| 4623360201 |
30.283 |
13.816 |
147.535 |
-45.700 |
59624.8727 |
59624.8847 |
576.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59634.8 |
59818 |
| 4623360301 |
30.283 |
13.816 |
147.535 |
-45.700 |
59626.8734 |
59626.8785 |
0.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59636.9 |
59820 |