Infrared observations of comets with the Spitzer Space Telescope

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2031-2038

  Gehrz, R D ^a   Reach, W T ^b   Woodward, C E ^a   Kelley, M S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Imaging; Infrared; SIRTF; Spectroscopy; Spitzer

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COMETS; SIRTF; SPITZER;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750684957     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.02.014     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Becklin E.E., and Westphal J.A. Infrared observations of Comet 1965f. Astrophys. J. 145 (1966) 445-453
2. Crovisier J., Leech K., Bockelee-Morvan D., et al. The spectrum of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 01) observed with the Infrared Space Observatory at 2.9 AU from the Sun1997. Science 275 (1997) 1904-1907
3. Fazio G., Hora J.L., Allen L.E., et al. The Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 154 (2004) 10-17
4. Gehrz R.D., and Ney E.P. 0.7- to 23-micron photometric observations of P/Halley 2986 III and six recent bright comets. Icarus 100 (1992) 162-186
5. Gibb E.L., Whittet D.C.B., Schutte W.A., Boogert A.C.A., Chiar J.E., Ehrenfreund P., Gerakines P.A., Keane J.V., Tielens A.G.G.M., van Dishoeck E.F., and Kerkhof O. An inventory of interstellar ices toward the embedded protostar W33A. Astrophys. J. 536 (2000) 347-356
6. Hanner, M.S. Infrared observations of comets Halley and Wilson and properties of the grains. NASA Conference Publication 2004, pp. 1-186, 1988.
7. Harker D.E., Wooden D.H., Woodward C.E., and Lisse C.M. Grain properties of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp). Astrophys. J. 580 (2002) 579-597
8. Hayward T.L., Hanner M.S., and Sekanina Z. Thermal infrared imaging and spectroscopy of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1). Icarus 538 (2000) 428-455
9. Houck J.R., Roellig T.L., van Cleve J., et al. The Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 154 (2004) 18-24
10. Maas R.W., Ney E.P., and Woolf N.J. The 10-micron emission peak of Comet Bennett 1969i. Astrophys. J. 160 (1970) L101-L104
11. Malfait K., Waelkens C., Waters L.B.F.M., Vandenbussche B., Huygen E., and de Graauw M.S. The spectrum of the young star HD 100546 observed with the Infrared Space Observatory. Astron. Astrophys. 332 (1998) L25-L28
12. Moreno F., Muñoz O., Vilaplana R., and Molina A. Irregular particles in Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp inferred from its mid-infrared spectrum. Astrophys. J. 595 (2003) 522-530
13. Ney E.P. Infrared observations of Comet Kohoutek near Perihelion. Astrophys. J. 189 (1974) L141-L143
14. Ney E.P. Optical and infrared observations of bright comets in the range 0.5 micrometers to 20 micrometers. In: Wilkening L.L. (Ed). Comets (1982), University of Arizona Press, Tuscon 323-340
15. Reach W.T. Spitzer observations of comets and zodiacal light. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 206 (2005) 28.17
16. Reach, W.T., Kelley, M.S., Bhattacharya, B. Spitzer space telescope observations of the dust trail of Comet Encke. Icarus, submitted for publication, 2006.
17. Rieke G.H., Young E.T., Engelbracht C.W., et al. The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). Astrophys. J. Suppl. 154 (2004) 25-29
18. Stansberry J.A., Van Cleve J., Reach W.T., et al. Spitzer observations of the dust coma and nucleus of 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 154 (2004) 463-468
19. Stern S.A. The evolution of comets in the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt. Nature 424 (2003) 639-642
20. Werner M.W., Roellig T.L., Low F.J., et al. The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission. Astrophys. J. Suppl. 154 (2004) 1-9
21. Wooden D.H. Comet grains: their IR emission and their relation to ISm grains. Earth Moon Planets 89 (2002) 247-287
22. Wooden D.H., Harker D.E., Woodward C.E., Butner H.M., Koike C., Witteborn F.C., and McMurtry C.W. Silicate mineralogy of the dust in the inner coma of Comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp) pre- and postperihelion. Astrophys. J. 517 (1999) 1034-1058