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彗星9 P/坦普尔1号深度撞击期间CS和OH发射的GALEX观测

GALEX Observations of CS and OH Emission in Comet 9P/Tempel 1 During Deep Impact

Paul D. Feldman, Stephan R. McCandliss, Jeffrey P. Morgenthaler, Carey M. Lisse, Harold A. Weaver, Michael F. A'Hearn

摘要:

GALEX使用近紫外线(NUV)物镜棱镜对彗星9 P/坦普尔1号进行了观测,在2005年7月4日05:52:03 UT发生的深度撞击事件之前,期间和之后,当时一个370公斤的NASA航天器被送入彗星的路径。NUV通道在覆盖2000 - 3400 A的带通中提供可用的光谱信息,点源光谱分辨能力约为100。在这一范围内的主要光谱特征包括太阳连续散射彗星尘埃和排放的OH和CS分子带集中在3085和2575 A附近,分别。特别是,我们报告的唯一彗星CS排放检测在此事件。观测允许这些光谱特征的演变在遭遇期间被跟踪。一般来说,从坦普尔1号观测到的NUV辐射比GALEX从其他彗星观测到的要暗得多。然而,它是可能的,以获得生产率的物种的母体分子检测GALEX在坦普尔1,并确定这些分子的数量释放的影响。导出的静态产生速率为Q(H2O)= 6.4e27分子/s和Q(CS2)= 6.7e24分子/s,而撞击产生了额外的1.6e32 H2O分子和1.3e29 CS2分子,与静态释气中的比率相似。

英文摘要:

GALEX observations of comet 9P/Tempel 1 using the near ultraviolet (NUV) objective grism were made before, during and after the Deep Impact event that occurred on 2005 July 4 at 05:52:03 UT when a 370 kg NASA spacecraft was maneuvered into the path of the comet. The NUV channel provides usable spectral information in a bandpass covering 2000 - 3400 A with a point source spectral resolving power of approximately 100. The primary spectral features in this range include solar continuum scattered from cometary dust and emissions from OH and CS molecular bands centered near 3085 and 2575 A, respectively. In particular, we report the only cometary CS emission detected during this event. The observations allow the evolution of these spectral features to be tracked over the period of the encounter. In general, the NUV emissions observed from Tempel 1 are much fainter than those that have been observed by GALEX from other comets. However, it is possible to derive production rates for the parent molecules of the species detected by GALEX in Tempel 1 and to determine the number of these molecules liberated by the impact. The derived quiescent production rates are Q(H2O) = 6.4e27 molecules/s and Q(CS2) = 6.7e24 molecules/s, while the impact produced an additional 1.6e32 H2O molecules and 1.3e29 CS2 molecules, a similar ratio as in quiescent outgassing.

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