THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CO+ COMA OF COMET P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN-1

被引:18
作者
COCHRAN, AL [1 ]
COCHRAN, WD [1 ]
BARKER, ES [1 ]
STORRS, AD [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT ASTRON,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1016/0019-1035(91)90043-S
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
We present spectroscopic observations f Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 in which we observed the development of the CO+ coma for the first time. With these data we show that the maximum rise time of the CO+ gas is 1.2 days. This yields a maximum creation time scale for CO+ gas of 1 x 105 sec at 5.8 AU We also present evidence that the dust events and the gas events in this comet are not necessarily connected. © 1991.
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