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Production rates for comet P/Temple 2 from long slit CCD spectroscopySince comet P/Temple-2 is one of the potential targets for the CRAF (Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby) mission, we obtained long slit spectroscopic data with our CCD spectrograph during its 1988 apparition. As the same spectrograph was extensively used for observations of P/Halley, this allowed a direct spectroscopic comparison between the two objects. Furthermore we could choose a P/Halley spectrum which was taken at a heliocentric distance very close to that of P/Temple-2. Finally, we could adjust the integration windows along the slit to compensate for the different geocentric distances, so that roughly the same projected distance of the comets' comae was observed. The parameters for our observations are given.
Document ID
19930009967
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fink, Uwe
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Hicks, Michael
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
93N19156
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1549
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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