NICER observation list: Target ID 462340
- Proposal Number = 4623
- Target ID = 462340
- Target Name = Comet_19P_076
- 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 |
| 4623400101 |
53.463 |
31.237 |
159.232 |
-19.955 |
59653.8021 |
59653.8164 |
339.0 |
49 |
5 |
VALIDATED |
59666.0 |
59847 |
| 4623400201 |
53.459 |
31.241 |
159.227 |
-19.955 |
59655.8014 |
59655.8299 |
1141.0 |
49 |
3 |
VALIDATED |
59666.2 |
59849 |
| 4623400301 |
53.463 |
31.235 |
159.234 |
-19.957 |
59657.8104 |
59657.8176 |
304.0 |
49 |
4 |
VALIDATED |
59668.8 |
59851 |