Session 28. Comets II: Gas Species

Oral, Chairs: S. Wyckoff and N. Biver, Thursday, September 4, 2003, 4:30-5:40pm, DeAnza III

28.01 A quantitative analysis of OH prompt emission in three comets: the 3046 cm^-1 quadruplet and its use in determining cometary water production rates.

B. P. Bonev (Univ. of Toledo/NASA's GSFC), M. J. Mumma (NASA's GSFC), N. Dello Russo (Catholic Univ. of America/NASA's GSFC), E. L. Gibb (NAS-NRC/NASA's GSFC), M. A. DiSanti (NASA's GSFC), K. Magee-Sauer (Rowan Univ.)

28.02 Gas Velocity and OH Quenching in C/Hyakutake (1996 B2)

L.M. Woodney (UCF/Lowell Observatory), D.G. Schleicher (Lowell Observatory)

28.03 On the N₂⁺/CO⁺ Ratio in Comet C/1995O1 (Hale-Bopp)

S. Wyckoff, R. S. Heyd (Arizona State University)

28.04 Ultraviolet Investigations of C/2000~WM1 (LINEAR)

H. A. Weaver (JHU/APL), P. D. Feldman (JHU), M. F. A'Hearn (UMd), C. Arpigny (U. Liège), M. R. Combi (U. Michigan), M. C. Festou (Obs. Midi-Pyrénées), V. Krasnopolsky (CUA), C. M. Lisse (UMd), D. E. Shemansky (USC), G.-P. Tozzi (Oss. Astro. Arcetri)

28.05 Radio Observations of comets C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa) and C/2002 V1 (NEAT) at very small heliocentric distances.

N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, P. Colom, A. Lecacheux, F. Henry (LESIA, Obs. de Paris), G. Paubert (IRAM-Granada, Spain), R. Moreno (IRAM-Grenoble, France)

28.06 Disk Chemistry and Cometary Composition

A. J. Markwick, S. B. Charnley (NASA Ames)

28.07 Formation of Carbon Monoxide in the Near-Nucleus Coma of Comets

D. M. Pierce, M. F. A'Hearn (Univ. of Maryland)