A study of the distant activity of comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) using Herschel and ground-based radio telescopes

D. Bockelée-Morvan, P. Hartogh, J. Crovisier +35

Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) was observed in November 2009 at 3.3 AU from the Sun with Herschel. The PACS instrument acquired images of the dust coma in 70- and 160-micrometers fi…