Isotopic abundance of nitrogen and carbon in distant comets

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Manfroid, J ^a   Jehin, E ^b   Hutsemekers D ^a   Cochran, A ^c   Zucconi, J M ^d   Arpigny, C ^a   Schulz, R ^e   Stuwe J A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comets: Abundances ; Comets: Individual: C 1995 O1 (Hale Bopp), C 2001 Q4 (NEAT), C 2003 K4 (LINEAR)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TELESCOPES;

COMETS: ABUNDANCES; COMETS: INDIVIDUAL: C/1995 O1 (HALE-BOPP), C/2001 Q4 (NEAT); HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 14844329042     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500009     Document Type: Article

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