Location
Havener Center, St. Pat's Ballroom C
Presentation Date
April 21, 2023, 12:40pm - 1:40pm
Session
Session 2
Description
67P/Churyumov—Gerasimenko is a Jupiter Family comet that originated in the Kuiper Belt. We observed six volatile compounds using IRTF on Mauna Kea. We report the volatile compound abundances of OH, H2O, NH2, C2H2, HCN, and NH3 in orders 170, 171, and 172 of the comet’s spectrum.
Meeting Name
32nd Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Mo Space Grant Consortium
Document Type
Presentation
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 The Authors, all rights reserved.
Investigating the Presence of Volatile Molecules on Comet 67P
Havener Center, St. Pat's Ballroom C
67P/Churyumov—Gerasimenko is a Jupiter Family comet that originated in the Kuiper Belt. We observed six volatile compounds using IRTF on Mauna Kea. We report the volatile compound abundances of OH, H2O, NH2, C2H2, HCN, and NH3 in orders 170, 171, and 172 of the comet’s spectrum.
