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 : |
The comet's distance to the Sun at closest approach was 71 million
miles (114 million km). |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2; STIS |
| Exposure Dates:
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July & August 2000 |
| Exposure Time:
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~ 2 hours |
| Filters: |
WFPC2: F675W (R); STIS: 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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