The Neowise-Discovered Comet Population And The Co + Co2 Production Rates

Keywords

comets: general; infrared: planetary systems

Abstract

The 163 comets observed during the WISE/NEOWISE prime mission represent the largest infrared survey to date of comets, providing constraints on dust, nucleus size, and CO + CO2 production. We present detailed analyses of the WISE/NEOWISE comet discoveries, and discuss observations of the active comets showing 4.6 μm band excess. We find a possible relation between dust and CO + CO2 production, as well as possible differences in the sizes of long and short period comet nuclei.

Publication Date

12-1-2015

Publication Title

Astrophysical Journal

Volume

814

Issue

2

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/85

Socpus ID

84948732166 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84948732166

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