Is the D/H ratio in the comet coma equal to the D/H ratio in the comet nucleus

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 208-211

  Podolak, M ^a   Mekler, Y ^a   Prialnik, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comet composition; Comet origin; Ices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036853769     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6954     Document Type: Article

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