Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
| Object Name: |
Comet LINEAR; C/1999 S4;
(LINEARLincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research) |
| Object Description:
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Comet |
| Distance : |
On July 5, 2000 the comet was at a distance of 74 million miles
(120 million km) from Earth. |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
STIS |
| Exposure Dates:
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July 5 - 7, 2000 |
| Exposure Time:
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5 minutes |
| Filters: |
F28X50LP
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| Principal Astronomers:
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Comet LINEAR investigation team: H. Weaver and P. Feldman (JHU),
M. A'Hearn (Univ. of Maryland), C. Arpigny (Liege Univ.), J. Bauer
(Univ. of Hawaii), M. Combi (Univ. of Michigan), J. Davies (Joint
Astronomy Centre), M. Festou (Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees), M. Keesey
(JPL), P. Lamy (Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale), C. Lisse (STScI),
B. Marsden (SAO), K. Meech (Univ. of Hawaii), Z. Sekanina (JPL)
, I. Toth (Konkoly Observatory) , G.-P. Tozzi (Arcetri Observatory),
D. Yeomans (JPL).
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| About this Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, H. Weaver and P. Feldman (Johns Hopkins University), M. A'Hearn
(University of Maryland), C. Arpigny (Liege University), M. Combi
(University of Michigan), M. Festou (Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees),
and G.-P. Tozzi (Arcetri Observatory) |
| Release Date: |
July 28, 2000 1:00 a.m. (EDT) |
| Orientation: |
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