The unusual volatile composition of the halley-type comet 8p/tuttle: Addressing the existence of an inner Oort Cloud

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 683, Issue 1 PART 2, 2008, Pages

  Bohnhardt H ^a   Mumma, M J ^b,c   Villanueva, G L ^b   DiSanti, M A ^b   Bonev, B P ^b,d   Lippi, M ^a   Kaufl H U ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Comets: individual (8P Tuttle); Infrared: solar system; Molecular data; Oort Cloud; Subject headings: astrochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649653626     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591446     Document Type: Article

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