Infrared Spectroscopy of the ν3 Band of Hydrogen Cyanide in Comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp

Icarus

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 498-508

  Magee Sauer, Karen ^a   Mumma, Michael J ^b   Disanti, Michael A ^b,c   Russo, Neil Dello ^b,c   Rettig, Terrence W ^d  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Hale Bopp; Hydrogen cyanide; Infrared observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000743931     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6215     Document Type: Article

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