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Observations of Parent Molecules in Comets at Radio Wavelengths: HCN, H2S, H2CO and CH3OH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

P. Colom ,
D. Bockelee-Morvan ,
J. Crovisier ,
D. Despois  and
G. Paubert
P. Colom
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, F-92195 Meudon, France
D. Bockelee-Morvan
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, F-92195 Meudon, France
J. Crovisier
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, F-92195 Meudon, France
D. Despois
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Bordeaux, BP 89, Avenue Pierre Sémirot, F-33270 Floirac, France
G. Paubert
Affiliation:
IRAM, Avenida Divina Pastora, 7, N.C., E-18012 Granada, Spain

Abstract

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We present observations of cometary parent molecules at the IRAM radio telescope which led to the first detections of H2S and CH3OH in comets, and confirmed the presence of H2CO and HCN. Production rates and abundances relative to H2O are given.

Type
Solar System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 150: Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena , 1992 , pp. 439 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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