Search for the radio lines of ammonia in comets

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 697-700

  Bird, M K ^a   Hatchell, J ^b   Van der Tak, F F S ^b   Crovisier, J ^c   Bockelee Morvan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Comet C 2001 A2 (LINEAR); Comet C 2002 C1 (Ikeya Zhang); Comets; Radio line emission

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOCIATION; HIGH FREQUENCY TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COMETS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036664943     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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