Comet C/2004 Q2 (MACHHOLZ): Parent volatiles, a search for deuterated methane, and constraint on the CH4 Spin temperature

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 699, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1563-1572

  Bonev, Boncho P ^a,b   Mumma, Michael J ^b   Gibb, Erika L ^c   Disanti, Michael A ^b   Villanueva, Geronimo L ^a,b   Magee Sauer, Karen ^d   Ellis, Richard S ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Comets: individual (C 2004 Q2 Machholz ); Infrared: solar system; ISM: molecules; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149158899     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1563     Document Type: Article

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