Spectroscopy of comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kobayashi H.
  2. Kawakita H.
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    CDS
Abstract

We observed comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) with the Keck II telescope in late 2005 January and we obtained the spectra of C/2004 Q2 including many emission lines of volatile species such as H_2_O, HCN, C_2_H_2_, NH_3_, CH_4_, C_2_H_6_, CH_3_OH, and H_2_CO with high-signal-to-noise ratios. Based on our observations, we determined the mixing ratios of the molecules relative to H_2_O in C/2004 Q2. C/2004 Q2 might be the intermediate type between Oort Cloud and Jupiter Family comets. To investigate the formation conditions of such intermediate type comet, we focused on the (C_2_H_2_+C_2_H_6_)/H_2_O ratios and C_2_H_6_/(C_2_H_6_+C_2_H_2_) ratios in comets from the viewpoint of conversion from C_2_H_2_ to C_2_H_6_ in the precometary ices. We employed the dynamical-evolutional model and the chemical-evolutional model to determine the formation region of C/2004 Q2 more precisely. We found that comet C/2004 Q2 might have formed in relatively inner region of the solar nebula than the typical Oort Cloud comet (but slightly further than 5AU from the proto-Sun).

Keywords
  1. comets
  2. spectroscopy
  3. infrared-astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2009ApJ...703..121K
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17030121

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2011-11-09T14:12:25Z
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2011-11-09T14:12:25Z
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