Surface temperature of the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Icarus

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-25

  Groussin, O ^a   A'Hearn, M F ^a   Li, J Y ^a   Thomas, P C ^b   Sunshine, J M ^a   Lisse, C M ^c   Meech, K J ^d   Farnham, T L ^a   Feaga, L M ^a   Delamere, W A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e Delamere Support Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Comet Tempel 1; Comets; nucleus; origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846853977     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.030     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. A'Hearn M.F., Belton M.J.S., Delamere W.A., Kissel J., Klaasen K., McFadden L.A., Meech K.J., Melosh H.J., Schultz P.H., Sunshine J.M., Thomas P., Veverka J., Yeomans D.K., Baca M., Busko I., Crockett C.J., Collins S.M., Desnoyer M., Eberhardy C.A., Ernst C.M., Farnham T.L., Feaga L., Groussin O., Hampton D., Ipatov S., Li J.-Y., Lindler D., Lisse C.M., Mastrodemos N., Owen W., Richardson J.E., Wellnitz D.D., and White R.L. Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1. Science 310 5746 (2005) 265-269
2. Belton M.J.S., Thomas P., Veverka J., Schultz P., A'Hearn M.F., Feaga L., Farnham T., Groussin O., Li J.-Y., Lisse C., McFadden L., Sunshine J., Meech K.J., Delamere W.A., and Kissel J. The internal structure of Jupiter family cometary nuclei from Deep Impact observations: The talps or "layered pile" model. Icarus 187 (2007) 332-344
3. Biver N., Bockelée-Morvan D., Colom P., Crovisier J., Henry F., Lellouch E., Winnberg A., Johansson L.E.B., Gunnarsson M., Rickman H., Rantakyrö F., Davies J.K., Dent W.R.F., Paubert G., Moreno R., Wink J., Despois D., Benford D.J., Gardner M., Lis D.C., Mehringer D., Phillips T.G., and Rauer H. The 1995-2002 long-term monitoring of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at radio wavelength. Earth Moon Planets 90 1 (2002) 5-14
4. Crifo J.F., Rodionov A.V., and Bockelée-Morvan D. The dependence of the circumnuclear coma structure on the properties of the nucleus. III. First modeling of a CO-dominated coma, with application to Comets 46 P/Wirtanen and 29 P/Schwassmann-Wachmann I. Icarus 138 (1999) 85-106
5. Emerich C., Lamarre J.M., Moroz V.I., Combes M., Sanko N.F., Nikolsky Y.V., Rocard F., Gispert R., Coron N., Bibring J.P., Encrenaz T., and Crovisier J. Temperature and size of the nucleus of Comet P/Halley deduced from IKS infrared VEGA-1 measurements. Astron. Astrophys. 187 (1987) 839-842
6. Farnham T.L., Wellnitz D.D., Hampton D.L., Li J.-Y., Sunshine J., Groussin O., McFadden L., Crockett C.J., A'Hearn M.F., Belton M.J.S., Schultz P., and Lisse C.M. Dust coma morphology in the Deep Impact images of Comet 9P/Tempel 1. Icarus 187 (2007) 26-40
7. 2 in the inner coma of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 as observed by Deep Impact. Icarus. Submitted for publication
8. Fernández, Y.R., 1999. Physical properties of cometary nuclei. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9. Fernández Y.R., Jewitt D.C., and Sheppard S.S. Thermal properties of Centaurs Asbolus and Chiron. Astron. J. 123 (2002) 1050-1055
10. Groussin O., Lamy P., and Jorda L. Properties of the nuclei of Centaurs Chiron and Chariklo. Astron. Astrophys. 413 (2004) 1163-1175
11. Groussin O., Lamy P., Jorda L., and Toth I. The nuclei of Comets 126P/IRAS and 103P/Hartley 2. Astron. Astrophys. 419 (2004) 375-383
12. Gutiérrez P., Ortiz J.L., Rodrigo R., and López-Morneo J.J. Effects of irregular shape and topography in thermophysical models of heterogeneous cometary nuclei. Astron. Astrophys. 374 (2001) 326-336
13. Hampton D.L., Baer J.W., Huisjen M.A., Varner C.C., Delamere A., Wellnitz D.D., A'Hearn M.F., and Klaasen K.P. An overview of the instrument suite for the Deep Impact mission. Space Sci. Rev. 117 (2005) 43-93
14. Klaasen, P.K., A'Hearn, M.F., Baca, M., Delamere, A., Desnoyer, M., Farnham, T., Groussin, O., Hampton, D., Ipatov, S., Li, J.-Y., Lisse, C., Mastrodemos, N., McLaughin, S., Sunshine, J., Thomas, P., Wellnitz, D., 2006. Deep Impact instrument calibration. Opt. Eng. Submitted for publication
15. Lagerros J.S.V. Thermal physics of asteroids. III. Irregular shapes and albedo variegations. Astron. Astrophys. 325 (1997) 1226-1236
16. Lagerros J.S.V. Thermal physics of asteroids. IV. Thermal infrared beaming. Astron. Astrophys. 332 (1998) 1123-1132
17. Lebofsky L.A., and Spencer J.R. Radiometry and a thermal modeling of asteroids. In: Binzel R.P., Gehrels T., and Matthews M.S. (Eds). Asteroids II (1989), Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson 128-147
18. Li J.-Y., A'Hearn M.F., Belton M.J.S., Crockett C.J., Farnham T.L., Lisse C.M., McFadden L.A., Meech K.J., Sunshine J.M., Thomas P.C., and Veverka J. Deep Impact photometry of Comet 9P/Tempel 1. Icarus 187 (2007) 41-55
19. Lindler, D., Busko, I., A'Hearn, M.F., White, R.L., 2007. Restorating of images of Comet Tempel 1 taken with the Deep Impact high resolution imager. Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific. Submitted for publication
20. Lisse C.M., A'Hearn M.F., Groussin O., Fernández Y.R., Belton M.J.S., van Cleve J.E., Charmandaris V., Meech K.J., and McGleam C. Rotationally resolved 8-35 micron Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1. Astrophys. J. 625 (2005) L139-L142
21. Mueller M., Harris A.W., Bus S.J., Hora J.L., Kassis M., and Adams J.D. The size and albedo of Rosetta target 21 Lutetia from new IRTF measurements and thermal modeling. Astron. Astrophys. 447 (2006) 1153-1158
22. Richardson, J., Melosh, H.J., 2007. Determining Tempel 1's gravity, mass and density via the ballistic behaviour of the Deep Impact solid ejecta plume. Icarus, in press
23. Soderblom L.A., Britt D.T., Brown R.H., Buratti B.J., Kirk R.L., Owen T.C., and Yelle R.V. Short-wavelength infrared (1.3-2.6 μm) observations of the nucleus of Comet 19P/Borrelly. Icarus 167 (2004) 100-112
24. Spencer J.R., Lebofsky L.A., and Sykes M.V. Systematic biases in radiometric diameter determinations. Icarus 78 (1989) 337-354
25. Sunshine J.M., A'Hearn M.F., Groussin O., Li J.Y., Belton M.J.S., Delamere W.A., Kissel J., Klaasen K.P., McFadden L.A., Meech K.J., Melosh H.J., Schultz P.H., Thomas P.C., Veverka J., Yeomans D.K., Busko I., Desnoyer M., Farnham T.L., Feaga L.M., Hampton D., Lindler D., and Wellnitz D.D. Exposed water ice deposits on the surface of Comet Tempel 1. Science 311 5766 (2006) 1453-1455
26. Thomas P.C., Veverka J., Belton M.J.S., Hidy A., A'Hearn M.F., Farnham T.L., Groussin O., Li J.-Y., McFadden L., Sunshine J., Wellnitz D., Lisse C., Schultz P., Meech K.J., and Delamere W.A. The shape, topography and geology of Tempel 1 from Deep Impact observations. Icarus 187 (2007) 4-15