Rocket ultraviolet spectroscopy of comet Halley and abundance of carbon monoxide and carbon

Woods, T. N. ; Feldman, P. D. ; Dymond, K. F. ; Sahnow, D. J.

[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 1986
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1476-4687
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] Atomic carbon is a common feature in the ultraviolet spectrum of many comets, yet its origin remains unclear.. In comet West (1976 VI), the observed C I emission was consistent with a model of carbon as a daugher of CO which is vaporized from the nucleus as a parent molecule3. However, for comet ...
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