Origin of cometary extended sources from degradation of refractory organics on grains: Polyoxymethylene as formaldehyde parent molecule

Icarus

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 397-416

  Cottin, Hervé ^a   Bénilan, Yves ^a   Gazeau, Marie Claire ^a   Raulin, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Organic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144288769     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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