| Name | OT2_lorourke_17 |
| Title | A Search for Gaseous H2O in Asteroids (24) Themis & (65) Cybele |
| URL | http://archives.esac.esa.int/hsa/whsa-tap-server/data?retrieval_type=OBSERVATION&observation_id=1342257651&instrument_name=HIFI&product_level=LEVEL0&compress=true |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-rnzo1av |
| Author | orourke, l. |
| Description | The detection of water ice on Asteroids (24) Themis and (65) Cybele and comet-like activity on some asteroids (so-called main belt comets) have recently provided evidence for water ice in the outer asteroid belt. This supports the suggestion that water in the Earths oceans may have been delivered from the outer asteroid belt.In 2010, for both (24) Themis and (65) Cybele, results were published from rotationally resolved near-IR spectra that indicated the presence of widespread ice on their surfaces, a detection which served to imply a wider prevalence of water among minor Solar System bodies. However, this detection has since been challenged in 2011 with an alternative interpretation of the absorption at 3.1 microns being suggested. This proposal requests 2 hours of the Herschel Space Observatorys HIFI instrument scheduling time, 1 hour observation per asteroid, to provide conclusive evidence of the presence of water ice on these asteroids through the detection of outgassing via sublimation of this water; a result which has profound implications on the understanding of the origin of water on our planet. |
| Publication | |
| Instrument | HIFI_HifiPoint_fs |
| Temporal Coverage | 2012-12-21T16:53:19Z/2013-01-30T18:30:46Z |
| 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. |
| Creator Contact | https://support.cosmos.esa.int/h®erschel/ |
| Date Published | 2013-07-30T17:30:38Z |
| Last Update | 2026-03-02 |
| Keywords | Herschel Space Observatory data, ESA Herschel mission dataset, far-infrared astronomy observations, submillimeter astronomy data, infrared space telescope observations, PACS photometer data, PACS spectrometer data, SPIRE photometer data, SPIRE Fourier transform spectrometer data, HIFI heterodyne spectroscopy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, submillimeter spectral line observations, cold universe observations dataset, star formation infrared data, molecular cloud far-infrared observations, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, protoplanetary disk infrared observations, galaxy evolution far-infrared data, dust emission submillimeter observations, cosmic infrared background measurements, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated level 2 data products, FITS files astronomy, spectral cubes far-infrared, flux-calibrated maps, continuum photometry data, spectral energy distribution measurements, ESA Herschel Science Archive data |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, o'rourke et al., 2013, 'A Search for Gaseous H2O in Asteroids (24) Themis & (65) Cybele', SPG v14.1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-rnzo1av |