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Cometary volatiles

The status after comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

D. Bockelee-Morvan
D. Bockelee-Morvan*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, F-92195 Meudon Cedex, France

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Comets are believed to be the most pristine material surviving from the origin of the Solar System. The nature of their volatiles should in principle provide chemical and physical clues to their formation environment in the solar nebula. Another important aspect of the study of comets is the extent to which they may incorporate relatively unprocessed interstellar material.

Our knowledge of the composition of cometary ices has been greatly improved in this last decade. The years 1995-1996 were rich in new results, with the close approach to Earth of comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake and the discovery of the bright comet C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp at large heliocentric distance. We will present the current knowledge of the nature and abundances of cometary volatiles and mention some of the outstanding issues related to the origin of comets and their links to interstellar material.

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Type
Comets and the Solar System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 178: Molecules in Astrophysics: Probes and Processes , 1997, pp. 219 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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