Detection of Nitrogen Sulfide in Comet Hale-Bopp

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 412-414

  Irvine, William M ^a   Senay, Matthew ^a   Lovell, Amy J ^a   Matthews, Henry E ^b,c   McGonagle, Douglas ^d   Meier, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Pope John XXIII National Seminary   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Hale Bopp; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAS; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ASTRONOMY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GASES; METEOROIDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES;

EID: 0034137608     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6281     Document Type: Article

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