Comet Halley's Gas Composition and Extended Sources: Results from the Neutral Mass Spectrometer on Giotto |
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Authors: | Eberhardt Peter |
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Abstract: | The Neutral Mass Spectrometer on the Giotto spacecraft established that H2O is the dominant species in Comet Halley's volatiles and determined the abundance of more than 10 parent species. The instrument
discovered strong extended H2CO and CO sources in the coma of Comet Halley. Polymerized H2CO associated with the cometary dust and evaporating slowly as the monomer is most likely the extended H2CO source. Photodissociation of the H2CO into CO fully accounts for the extended CO source.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | comets C/Halley volatiles extended source |
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