The organic nature of cometary grains
โ Scribed by N. C. Wickramasinghe; M. K. Wallis; S. Al-Mufti; F. Hoyle; D. T. Wickramasinghe
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 460 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-0794
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โฆ Synopsis
Infrared observations of comets over the 2-4 pm waveband are interpreted in terms of a model with varying contributions from bacterial-type and viral-type particles, and with small additional contributions arising from degraded organic molecules at grain surfaces.
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## Cometary material inevitably undergoes chemical changes before and on leaving the nucleus. In seeking to explain comets as the origin of many IDPs (interplanetary dust particles), an understanding of potential surface chemistry is vital. Grains are formed and transformed at the nucleus surface;