The organic-rich surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by VIRTIS/Rosetta

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Volumn 347, Issue 6220, 2015, Pages

  Capaccioni, F ^a   Coradini, A ^a   Filacchione, G ^a   Erard, S ^b   Arnold, G ^c   Drossart, P ^b   De Sanctis, M C ^a   Bockelee Morvan, D ^b   Capria, M T ^a   Tosi, F ^a   Leyrat, C ^b   Schmitt, B ^d   Quirico, E ^d   Cerroni, P ^a   Mennella, V ^a   Raponi, A ^a   Ciarniello, M ^a   McCord, T ^e   Moroz, L ^c   Palomba, E ^a   Ammannito, E ^f   Barucci, M A ^b   Bellucci, G ^a   Benkhoff, J ^g   Bibring, J P ^h   Blanco, A ⁱ   Blecka, M ^j   Carlson, R ^k   Carsenty, U ^c   Colangeli, L ^g   Combes, M ^b   Combi, M ^l   Crovisier, J ^b   Encrenaz, T ^b   Federico, C ^m   Fink, U ⁿ   Fonti, S ⁱ   Ip, W H ^o   Irwin, P ^p   Jaumann, R ^c,q   Kuehrt, E ^c   Langevin, Y ^h   Magni, G ^a   Mottola, S ^c   Orofino, V ⁱ   Palumbo, P ^r   Piccioni, G ^a   Schade, U ^s   Taylor, F ^p   Tiphene, D ^b   Tozzi, G P ^t   Beck, P ^d   Biver, N ^b   Bonal, L ^d   Combe, J Ph ^e   Despan, D ^b   Flamini, E ^u   Fornasier, S ^b   Frigeri, A ^a   Grassi, D ^a   Gudipati, M ^k,v   Longobardo, A ^a   Markus, K ^c   Merlin, F ^b   Orosei, R ^w   Rinaldi, G ^a   Stephan, K ^c   Cartacci, M ^a   Cicchetti, A ^a   Giuppi, S ^a   Hello, Y ^b   Henry, F ^b   Jacquinod, S ^b   Noschese, R ^a   Peter, G ^c   Politi, R ^a   Reess, J M ^b   Semery, A ^b   more..

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e Bear Fight Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h CNRS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^j Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory   (Poland)

^k CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^o NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^q FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^s HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^t INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^u ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^v University of Maryland   (United States)

^w INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MINERAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ABSORPTION; COMET; LAND SURFACE; REFLECTANCE; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROMETER;

ABSORPTION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; MACROMOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 84921732069     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa0628     Document Type: Article

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