NICER observation list: Target ID 462339
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462339
- Target Name = Comet_19P_048
- 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 |
| 4623390101 |
32.072 |
15.552 |
148.813 |
-43.424 |
59625.5189 |
59625.5306 |
925.0 |
52 |
6 |
VALIDATED |
59640.1 |
59819 |
| 4623390201 |
32.072 |
15.552 |
148.813 |
-43.425 |
59627.5176 |
59627.5475 |
1164.0 |
52 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59640.2 |
59821 |
| 4623390301 |
32.072 |
15.551 |
148.814 |
-43.425 |
59629.5176 |
59629.5364 |
1447.0 |
49 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
59640.3 |
59823 |