Production of ethane and water in comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

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

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Ethane; Hyakutake; Infrared; Spectroscopy; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMET; ETHANE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0037176033     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001838     Document Type: Article

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