[en] During the Rosetta travel to the comet P67, the VIRTIS instrument on board the spacecraft acquired unique images of the Earth in the 1.0-5.1 μm simultaneously. These allowed to investigate the nightglow observed spectrum and infer the relative OH populations of levels from 1 to 9. The values are reported in the table. The results are in good agreement with the model from GRANADA code (Kaufmann et al., 2008) for the conditions of a midlatitude night atmosphere.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Migliorini, A.
Gérard, Jean-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Soret, Lauriane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Labo de physique atmosphérique et planétaire (LPAP)
Piccioni, G.
Capaccioni, F.
Filacchione
Tosi
Snels, M.
Language :
English
Title :
Terrestrial OH nightglow measurements during the Rosetta flyby
Publication date :
August 2014
Event name :
COSPAR General Assembly
Event organizer :
COSPAR
Event place :
Moscou, Russia
Event date :
4 au 8 août 2014
Audience :
International
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Name of the research project :
PRODEX
Funders :
BELSPO - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique [BE]
