Isotopic abundance in the CN coma of comets: Ten years of measurements

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1713-1718

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

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comet; Gas coma; Isotopic ratio; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; NITROGEN;

COMET; EMISSION BANDS; ERROR MARGINS; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCES; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; JUPITER; NITROGEN ISOTOPIC RATIOS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 55349095417     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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