Identification of two sources of carbon monoxide in comet Hale-Bopp

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6737, 1999, Pages 662-665

  DiSanti, Michael A ^a,b   Mumma, Michael J ^b   Russo, Neil Dello ^a,b   Magee Sauer, Karen ^c   Novak, Robert ^d   Rettig, Terrence W ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ICE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; COSMOS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SUN;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ICE; METEOROIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 0033578088     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21378     Document Type: Article

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