IRCS/Subaru observations of water in the inner coma of Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: Spatially resolved rotational temperatures and ortho-para ratios

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 241-248

  Bonev, Boncho P ^a,b   Mumma, Michael J ^a   Kawakita, Hideyo ^c   Kobayashi, Hitomi ^c   Villanueva, Geronimo L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c KYOTO SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

coma; Comet 73 B Schwassmann Wachmann 3; Comets; Infrared observations; origin; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149098457     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.023     Document Type: Article

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