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The Gas Production Rate of Comet Bennett

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2018

C. F Lillie  and
H. U. Keller

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Comet Bennett (1970 II) was observed with the ultraviolet photometers on OAO-2 from April 13.39 to May 13.88, 1970, while its heliocentric distance increased from R = 0.77 to 1.26 a.u. An analysis of the photometer data for the emission features of OH λ 3090 and H λ1216 indicates the production rates of OH and H were 2.0 x 1029 molecule sec-1 and 5.4 x 1029 atom sec-1, respectively, at R = 1 a.u During this period the production rates of H and OH varied as R-2.3 . This is consistent with the assumption that water vaporization controls the production rate of gas in comets at small heliocentric distances.

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Part I
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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 25 , Issue Part1: The Study of Comets , 1976 , pp. 323 - 329
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Copyright © NASA 1976

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