Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Coma Volatile Composition And Thermal Physics In Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Measured Near Closest Approach To Earth With NASA-IRTF

by Keith Cowing

The 2023 perihelion passage of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) afforded an opportunity to measure the abundances and spatial distributions of coma volatiles in an Oort cloud comet at high spatial […]

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Water Production Rates from SOHO/SWAN Observations of Comets C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) and C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

by Keith Cowing

In 2022 and 2023 the hydrogen comae of two long period comets, C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) and C/2022 E3 (ZTF), were observed with the Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN) all-sky hydrogen Lyman-alpha […]

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