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Multiwavelength observations of recent comets

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Author	Remijan, Anthony J. Charnley, Steven B. Bonev, Boncho P. Kuan, Yi-Jehng DiSanti, Michael A. Milam, Stefanie N. Chuang, Yo-Ling Coulson, Iain Cordiner, Martin Gicquel, Adeline Villanueva, Geronimo
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Comets provide important clues to the physical and chemical processes that occurred during the formation and early evolution of the Solar System, and could also have been important for initiating prebiotic chemistry on the early Earth. Comets are comprised of molecular ices, that may be pristine inter-stellar remnants of Solar System formation, along with high-temperature crystalline silicate dust that is indicative of a more thermally varied history in the protosolar nebula. Comparing abundances of cometary parent volatiles, and isotopic fractionation ratios, to those found in the interstellar medium, in disks around young stars, and between cometary families, is vital to understanding planetary system formation and the processing history experienced by organic matter in the so-called interstellar-comet connection. We will present a comparison of molecular abundances in these comets to those observed in others, supporting a long-term effort of building a comet taxonomy based on composition.
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Page Count	2
File Format	PDF
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140011032
Archival Resource Key	ark:/13960/t7bs3sh80
Language	English
Publisher Date	2013-03-18
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Ground-based Observations Submillimeter Comets Geochemistry Solar System Solar Nebula Planetary Evolution Solar System Evolution Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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