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- W3108738596 abstract "The appearance of comet Brorsen-Metcalf in 1989 following only a few years on the heels of comet Halley in 1986 gave an unusual opportunity to compare two comets of similar orbital elements but potentially different physical and chemical characteristics. Photometric spectral data were acquired for Brorsen-Metcalf on two dates: 13 July 1989 and 2 August 1989. The observations were performed with the 154 cm Catalina Telescope of the University of Arizona Observatories. The spectrum for 13 July 1989 is compared to a Halley spectrum. The general appearance of the spectra is very similar, both comets showing emission due to C2, NH2, OI(D-1), and CN. Neither displays any emission features that are exclusive to only one of the two. Since water is now reasonably well established as the major driving force in the activity of a comet, the H2O production rate for comet Brorsen-Metcalf was calculated. The relative ratios between the production rates of the various species obtained from the data are presented. Results are summarized in tabular form. All species are compared to the H2O production rate of the two comets. The results indicate that C2 originates from an extended source of dust particles or small polymers in addition to parent molecules. The lower production rates of C2 and CN in Brorsen-Metcalf correlate well with both the lower dust production and their smaller increase as the comet approaches the sun. Even without a mode, the spectroscopic observations of Brorsen-Metcalf allowed significant compositional conclusions to be drawn. The NH2 abundance is lower by about a factor of three which appears to be independent of heliocentric distance. Both C2 and CN are less abundant in Brorsen-Metcalf than in Halley and do not seem to participate as much in the strong increase as the comet approaches the sun. The lower H2O production rate implies that the active surface area of the comet Brorsen-Metcalf is much smaller, or equivalently the comet as a whole is much smaller. The substantially lower continuum level for Brorsen-Metcalf cannot readily be explained by smaller or larger active surface area, and must be intrinsic to the comet's embedded dust-to-ice ratio, or to an overall smaller-sized dust grain population." @default.
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- W3108738596 title "A composition comparison between comets P/Halley and P/Brorsen-Metcalf" @default.
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