This proposal serves to obtain the first direct outgassing measurement of H2O from a confirmed to be active newly discovered Main Belt Comet using the HIFI instrument of Herschel.
Publication
Determination of an Upper Limit for the Water Outgassing Rate of Main-belt Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) . O'Rourke L. et al. . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 774, Issue 1, article id. L13, 4 pp. (2013). . 774 . 10.1088\/2041-8205\/774\/1\/L13 . 2013ApJ...774L..13O ,
Instrument
HIFI_HifiPoint_fs
Temporal Coverage
2013-01-16T07:21:22Z/2013-01-16T12:27:47Z
Version
SPG v14.1.0
Mission Description
Herschel was launched on 14 May 2009! It is the fourth 'cornerstone' mission in the ESA science programme. With a 3.5 m Cassegrain telescope it is the largest space telescope ever launched. It is performing photometry and spectroscopy in approximately the 55-671 µm range, bridging the gap between earlier infrared space missions and groundbased facilities.
European Space Agency, 2013, Detection Of H20 Outgassing From An Active Main Belt Comet, SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-jyubr1w