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The Composition of Comets1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Dieter Krankowsky
Dieter Krankowsky*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik P.O. Box 103 980, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG

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The chemical composition of gases in the coma of Comet Halley obtained from in situ and remote observations is reviewed. Water vapor with an abundance of approximately 80% by number is the dominant parent gas. Carbon monoxide is the second most abundant molecule, with about one-seventh of the water abundance. The other expected parent gases—carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia—contributed with at most a few percent to the coma gas. Molecular nitrogen is found to be a minor species, with an abundance of less than one percent. Formaldehyde is relatively abundant, with a few percent relative to water. Gas-phase isotope ratios of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur are found to agree with solar system values within experimental errors. Halley’s hydrogen isotope ratio is comparable to the values found in other solar system objects poor in hydrogen, but distinctly different from the protosolar nebula and objects that accreted hydrogen in gaseous form. Carbon in the cyanide radical is enriched by 35% in 13C compared to the bulk solar system value that indicates the presence of non-homogenized interstellar carbon in Halley. Volatiles released from grains contribute noticeably to the coma gas. Complex organic molecules, inferred from various observations as constituents of the dust grains, are believed to be the origin of the distributed CO source, CN, and other jet structures in the coma.

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Section V: The Cometary Coma
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 116 , Issue 2: Comets in the Post-Halley Era , 1991, pp. 854 - 877
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

Footnotes

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This article is an updated version of a contribution by Krankowsky and Eberhardt to the book COMET HALLEY-Investigations, Results, and Interpretations, ed. J. Mason, Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England, 1990.

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