Organic Molecules in the Icy Bodies of Planetary Systems – Accepted Notions and New Ideas

Cometary bodies are acknowledged to contain some of the most pristine matter in the Solar System, including ices and minerals. Certain number of previously unidentified spectral emission features detected in comets can be explained as emission by hydrocarbon molecules enclosed in a Shpolskii matrix...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simonia Irakli, Cruikshank Dale P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-12-01
Series:Open Astronomy
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2018-0038