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Silicate Mineralogy of the Dust in the Inner Coma of Comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp) Pre- and Post-PerihelionWe present 7.6 - 13.3 microns infrared (IR) spectrophotometry (R approx. = 180 - 350) of the 10 microns silicate emission from dust in the inner coma (i.e., within a diameter of 3in.) of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at four temporal epochs from 1996 October through 1997 June during Hale-Bopp s approach to, arrival at, and recession from perihelion. The HIFOGS spectra at large heliocentric distances exhibit strong emission peaks from 9.9 - 10.1 microns and at 11.2 microns. The HIFOGS spectra of Hale-Bopp taken 1996 October 07 - 14 UT are identical in shape to the ISO SWS spectrum at 2.8 AU obtained on 1996 October 06 UT. Magnesium-rich olivine was unambiguously identified due to presence of the expected 11.2 microns peak along with the matching far-IR 18 microns, 23 microns, and 33 microns peaks in the ISO SWS spectrum. In contrast, to large heliocentric distances, we find that the silicate feature at small heliocentric distances (tau(sub lambda) less than or = 1.7 AU) exhibits strong peaks at 9.3 microns, 9.9 - 10.1 microns, and 11.2 microns, and weak at 10.5 microns and 11.8 microns. We will show that the dramatic increase of the 9.3 microns and 10.0 microns peaks close to perihelion leads to the hypothesis that there are two crystalline grain components with significantly different temperatures. The hotter mineral species (including olivines) radiate over a large range of heliocentric distances at detectable leve!s. The cooler mineral species (pyroxenes) radiate on the Wien side of the blackbody, too faint to detect in the mid-infrared spectra, until close to the sun when this species radiates on the Reyleigh-Jeans tail and becomes apparent. Decomposition of the observed silicate emission features into mineral components through comparison of the height and shape of the silicate feature ("Flux/cont") derived from the cometary spectra, to optical extinctions (Qext) derived from laboratory measurements of terrestrial silicate minerals and interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) is successful for a combination of warm grains (consisting of olivines, amorphous olivines, amorphous pyroxenes, and layer-lattice silicates) and cool grains (crystalline pyroxenes).
Document ID
20040053289
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Wooden, Diane H.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Harker, David E.
(Wyoming Univ. Laramie, WY, United States)
Woodward, Charles E.
(Wyoming Univ. Laramie, WY, United States)
Butner, Harold M.
(Carnegie Institution of Washington United States)
Koike, Chiyoe
(Kyoto Pharmaceutical Univ. Japan)
Witteborn, Fred C.
(Carnegie Institution of Washington United States)
McMurtry, Craig M.
(Wyoming Univ. Laramie, WY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 274-52-71-46
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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