HCN EMISSION FROM COMET P-SWIFT-TUTTLE 1992T

Authors
WOOTTEN A LATTER WB DESPOIS D
Citation
A. Wootten et al., HCN EMISSION FROM COMET P-SWIFT-TUTTLE 1992T, Planetary and space science, 42(9), 1994, pp. 727-731
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Planetary and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320633
Volume
42
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
727 - 731
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0633(1994)42:9<727:HEFCP1>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Observations are presented of the J = 1 --> 0 line of HCN toward P/Swi ft-Tuttle 1992t with the NRAO 12 m telescope on 2, 3 and 31 December 1 992, and of the J = 3 --> 2 line on 30 December 1992. Upper limits wer e obtained for the 1(10)-1(11) transition of HDO. We measure an HCN pr oduction rate Q(HCN) = (2.9 +/- 1.0) x 10(26) s-1 on 31 December 1992. A cometary water ice [D]/[H] ratio < 2.5 x 10(-3) is inferred from th e HDO upper limit.