Radio Investigations Of 19p/Borrelly In Support To The Deep Space 1 Flyby
Abstract
NASA's Deep Space 1 mission flew by Comet 19P/Borrelly on September 22, 2001. We present observations of molecular species obtained with the 30-m telescope of the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) and the Nançay radio telescope at and near the time of this flyby. OH, HCN, and CS production rates were measured, while upper limits were deduced for CO, H2CO and H2S.
- Publication:
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Earth Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- March 2002
- Bibcode:
- 2002EM&P...90..459B
- Keywords:
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- 19P/Borrelly;
- molecules;
- radio lines