A large dust/ice ratio in the nucleus of comet 9P/Tempel 1

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7061, 2005, Pages 987-990

  Küppers, Michael ^a   Bertini, Ivano ^b   Fornasier, Sonia ^b   Gutierrez, Pedro J ^c   Hviid, Stubbe F ^a   Jorda, Laurent ^d   Keller, Horst Uwe ^a   Knollenberg, Jörg ^e   Koschny, Detlef ^f   Kramm, Rainer ^a   Lara, Luisa Maria ^c   Sierks, Holger ^a   Thomas, Nicolas ^g   Barbieri, Cesare ^b   Lamy, Philippe ^d   Rickman, Hans ^h   Rodrigo, Rafael ^c   A'Hearn, M F ⁱ   Angrilli, F ^b   Bailey, M E ^j   Barthol, P ^a   Barucci, M A ^k   Bertaux, J L ^l   Burns, J A ^m   Cremonese, G ^b   Curdt, W ^a   De Cecco, M ^b   Debei, S ^b   Fulle, M ⁿ   Gliem, F ^o   Ip, W H ^p   Kuhrt E ^e   Llebaria, A ^d   Lopez Moreno, J J ^c   Marzari, F ^b   Naletto, G ^b   Sabau, L ^q   Sanz Andres A ^r   Sivan, J P ^d   Tondello, G ^b   Wenzel, K P ^f   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h BOX 515   (Sweden)

ⁱ Bldg 142   (United States)

^j ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

^k OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^l CNRS   (France)

^m Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

ⁿ SISSA   (Italy)

^o TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^p NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^q INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PROJECTILES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; SUN; VAPORS;

COMETS; MASS RATIO; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOR CONTENT;

ASTROPHYSICS;

COMET;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DUST; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 27144515528     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04236     Document Type: Article

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