Physico-Chemical Modeling of Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp

1997年4月，海尔-波普彗星将到达近日点，一场密集的国际观测活动正聚焦于此。利用现有的观测结果和预期的观测结果，该研究小组将使用现有的一套计算机代码构建海尔-波普的全球模型。目标是使用这个全球模型来预测彗星的行为，以帮助收集更多的数据，并帮助了解它的物理化学性质，特别是相对于水的挥发物的混合比例，以确定核的冰成分。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会数学和物理科学理事会天文科学部和多学科活动办公室联合支持。========================================

AST-9615604 Daniel Boice An intensive international observing campaign is focussing on comet Hale-Bopp as it reaches perihelion in April, 1997. Using existing observations and those anticipated from the campaign, this research team will construct a global model of Hale-Bopp using an existing suite of computer codes. The goal is to use this global model to make predictions of the comet's behavior to aid in the collection of additional data and to help understand its physico-chemical nature, in particular the mixing ratios of volatiles relative to water to ascertain the icy composition of the nucleus. This award is supported jointly by the Division of Astronomical Sciences and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences at NSF. ========================================