The source of the high C2H6/CH4 ratio in Comet Hyakutake

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 471-473

  Notesco, G ^a   Laufer, D ^a   Bar Nun, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0031071224     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5648     Document Type: Article

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