HCN and HNC in Comets C/2000 WM1 (Linear) and C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 609-619

  Irvine, William M ^a   Bergman, Per ^b   Lowe, Thomas B ^c   Matthews, Henry ^c   McGonagle, Douglas ^a   Nummelin, Albert ^d   Owen, Toby ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coma; Comet; HCN; HNC; Interstellar; NO

Indexed keywords

CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ICE; ISOCYANATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMET; CYANIDE; HYDROGEN; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MICROCLIMATE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CYANATES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ICE; METEOROIDS; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 0142134974     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025791101127     Document Type: Article

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