NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
A tail-wagging event in comet AustinOn the morning of 21 May 1990, a sequence of images of Comet Austin was obtained in the light of H2O+. The filter was centered at 602.5 nm with FWHM of 5.0 nm. At least two waves were followed out through the main ion tail structure. During the course of the observations, 2.5 hours, two new tail rays were seen to form and undergo similar wave motion. Several condensations, possibly representing disconnected material, were seen to develop and move out along the tail ray with a velocity of about 60 km/sec.
Document ID
19910011725
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Klinglesmith, Daniel A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD., United States)
Niedner, Malcolm B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD., United States)
Oliversen, Ronald J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD., United States)
Westpfahl, David (New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology Socorro., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Southwest Research Inst., Workshop on Observations of Recent Comets (1990)
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
91N21038
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.

Related Records

IDRelationTitle19910011699Collected WorksWorkshop on Observations of Recent Comets (1990)
No Preview Available