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Observations of the HCN Molecule in Comet Halley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

D. Despois ,
T. Forveille ,
J. Schraml ,
D. Bockelée-Morvan ,
J. Crovisier  and
E. Gérard
D. Despois
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Bordeaux, France
T. Forveille
Affiliation:
IRAM, Granada, Spain
J. Schraml
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, RFA
D. Bockelée-Morvan
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Meudon, France
J. Crovisier
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Meudon, France
E. Gérard
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Meudon, France

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We report here the detection of the J 1-0 rotational line at 88.6 GHz of hydrogen cyanide in comet Halley. Six observational runs were made in the Nov. 19-Dec. 3 1985 period with the IRAM 30-m millimetre radio telescope at Pico Veleta (Spain), when the comet was at rh ~ 1.56 AU from the Sun and Δ ~ 0.63 AU from the Earth.

Type
Comets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 120: Astrochemistry , 1987 , pp. 429 - 430
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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