The organic composition of Comet C/2001 A2 (LINEAR). I. Evidence for an unusual organic chemistry

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 347-356

  Magee Sauer, Karen ^a   Mumma, Michael J ^b   DiSanti, Michael A ^b   Dello Russo, Neil ^c   Gibb, Erika L ^d   Bonev, Boncho P ^b,e   Villanueva, G L ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; composition; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949150027     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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