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103 P/Hartley 2彗星的地基多波长观测

Ground-based Multiwavelength Observations of Comet 103P/Hartley 2

A. Gicquel, S. N. Milam, G. L. Villanueva, A. J. Remijan, I. M. Coulson, Y. -L. Chuang, S. B. Charnley, M. A. Cordiner, Y. -J. Kuan

摘要:

彗星家族103 P/哈特利2号(103 P)是美国宇航局EPOXI任务的目标。为了支持这项任务,我们在UT 2010年11月4.58日航天器会合前的三周内对103 P彗星进行了从无线电到亚毫米波长的观测。这段时间包括在近日点通过和彗星最接近地球。在这里,我们报告的检测HCN,H2 CO,CS和OH和上限HNC和DCN对103 P,使用亚利桑那州射电天文台基特峰12米望远镜(ARO 12米)和亚毫米望远镜(SMT),詹姆斯克拉克麦克斯韦望远镜(JCMT)和格林班克望远镜(GBT)。根据GBT OH数据,可以确定水的产生速率QH 2 O =(0.67 - 1.07)x 10^28 s^-1。根据HCN和H2 CO相对于水的平均丰度比(分别为0.13 +/-0.03%和0.14 +/-0.03%),我们得出结论,H2 CO是贫化的,HCN相对于典型观测到的彗星混合比是正常的。然而,HCN与水的丰度比显示出很大的差异随时间的推移。使用JCMT数据,我们测量到DCN/HCN比率的上限<0.01。11月2日对邻-H2 CO和对-H2 CO的连续观测(来自JCMT获得的数据)使我们能够推导出邻:对比(OPR)~ 2.12 +/- 0.59(1 σ),对应于Tspin > 8 K(2 σ)。

英文摘要:

The Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2 (103P) was the target of the NASA EPOXI mission. In support of this mission, we conducted observations from radio to submillimeter wavelengths of comet 103P in the three weeks preceding the spacecraft rendezvous on UT 2010 November 4.58. This time period included the passage at perihelion and the closest approach of the comet to the Earth. Here we report detections of HCN, H2CO, CS, and OH and upper limits for HNC and DCN towards 103P, using the Arizona Radio Observatory Kitt Peak 12m telescope (ARO 12m) and submillimeter telescope (SMT), the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and the Greenbank Telescope (GBT). The water production rate, QH2O = (0.67 - 1.07) x 10^28 s^-1, was determined from the GBT OH data. From the average abundance ratios of HCN and H2CO relative to water (0.13 +/- 0.03 % and 0.14 +/- 0.03 %, respectively), we conclude that H2CO is depleted and HCN is normal with respect to typically-observed cometary mixing ratios. However, the abundance ratio of HCN with water shows a large diversity with time. Using the JCMT data we measured an upper limit for the DCN/HCN ratio <0.01. Consecutive observations of ortho- H2CO and para-H2CO on November 2 (from data obtained at the JCMT), allowed us to derive an ortho : para ratio (OPR) ~ 2.12 +/- 0.59 (1sigma), corresponding to Tspin > 8 K (2sigma).

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