Hydrogen cyanide in comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Magee Sauer, Karen ^a   Mumma, Michael J ^b   DiSanti, Michael A ^b,c   Dello Russo, Neil ^b,c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; HCN; Hyakutake; Hydrogen cyanide; Infrared; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMET; CYANIDE; HYDROGEN; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037176017     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001863     Document Type: Article

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