We will look for correlations between the jet properties and the comet's production rates to investigate how the high activity levels affect the structure and dynamics of the coma

Ended Grant For Research Awarded Last action

Contract number
80NSSC21K1828
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$492,938

Award facts

Contract value 100% obligated
$492,938.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
NAICS code
Not on record
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition Basic Research
Pricing
Other
Place of performance
Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA

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Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Other Administrative Action P00003 $0
Funding Only Action P00002 $167,943
Funding Only Action P00001 · The extreme activity of comet hale-bopp (1995 O1): analyses and modeling of extensive, narrowband imaging and photometry datasets $162,216
Original award $162,779

About this award

This is a $492,938.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Lowell Observatory, a private non-profit research institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The grant, which has a performance period ending on September 30, 2025, will fund research to investigate how high activity levels of comets affect the structure and dynamics of their surrounding comas (the cloud of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus). The research will look for correlations between the jet properties and the comet's production rates. This grant is not a set-aside contract. Lowell Observatory has a history of executing federal contracts and grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation to conduct astronomical research related to solar system objects, exoplanets, and stellar astrophysics, leveraging its specialized facilities like the 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope.

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Who was awarded contract 80NSSC21K1828?

80NSSC21K1828 was awarded to Lowell Observatory by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on October 1, 2021.

How much is contract 80NSSC21K1828 worth?

The government has obligated $492,938 on 80NSSC21K1828.

Was contract 80NSSC21K1828 competed?

The extent of competition for 80NSSC21K1828 was full and open competition.

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