The Volatile Composition of Comets [PDF]
Highlights of Astronomy, 1989 ABSTRACTComets may be our best probes of the physical and chemical conditions in the outer regions of the solar nebula during that crucial period when the planets formed. The volatile composition of cometary nuclei, in particular, can be used to decide whether comets are the product of a condensation sequence similar to that invoked to explain the ...
openaire +2 more sources
Carbon Speciation and Solubility in Silicate Melts
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 179-194., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Natalia Solomatova +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Astronomical Journal, 2018 We obtained high-resolution (λ/Δλ ∼ 25,000) pre-perihelion spectra of Comet C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden) using NIRSPEC at Keck II on UT 2014 September 5–6, and CSHELL at the NASA-Infrared Telescope Facility on September 11–13, altogether spanning a range in ...
M. DiSanti +5 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Physical Properties of Frozen Volatiles—Their Relevance to the Study of Comet Nuclei [PDF]
International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1989 AbstractThe structural and thermodynamical properties of water ice and ice mixtures containing CO, CO2, CH4, and NH3 are thought to be important for the evolution of cometary nuclei. Based on recent laboratory studies performed by several groups, an overview is given of the properties of various ices condensed at low temperatures and of their evolution
J. Klinger
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Ice, Ice, Maybe? Investigating 46P/Wirtanen’s Inner Coma for Icy Grains
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The release of volatiles from comets is usually from direct sublimation of ices on the nucleus, but for very or hyperactive comets other sources have to be considered to account for the total production rates.
Theodore Kareta +3 more
doaj +1 more source
On the origin of O2 and other volatile species in comets [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2017 AbstractMolecular oxygen, O2, was recently detected in comet 67P by the ROSINA instrument on board the Rosetta spacecraft with a surprisingly high abundance of 4% relative to H2O, making O2 the fourth most abundant in comet 67P. Other volatile species with similar volatility, such as molecular nitrogen N2, were also detected by Rosetta, but with much ...
Taquet, V.D.F. +3 more
openaire +4 more sources
Characterization of the Nucleus, Morphology, and Activity of Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov by Optical and Near-infrared GROWTH, Apache Point, IRTF, ZTF, and Keck Observations [PDF]
Astronomical Journal, 2019 We present visible and near-infrared (NIR) photometric and spectroscopic observations of interstellar object (ISO) 2I/Borisov taken from 2019 September 10 to 2019 December 20 using the GROWTH, the Apache Point Observatory Astrophysical Research ...
B. Bolin +54 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
The Peculiar Volatile Composition of CO-dominated Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2019 Abstract Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) has a peculiar volatile composition, with CO being the dominant volatile, as opposed to H2O, and one of the largest N2/CO ratios ever observed in a comet. Using observations obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope, NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility, the 3.5 m Astrophysical Research Consortium ...
Adam J. McKay +16 more
openaire +4 more sources
Scientific Reports, 2020 The origin of terrestrial volatiles remains one of the most puzzling questions in planetary sciences. The timing and composition of chondritic and cometary deliveries to Earth has remained enigmatic due to the paucity of reliable measurements of cometary
D. Bekaert, M. Broadley, B. Marty
semanticscholar +1 more source
Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
The Planetary Science Journal, 2021 Cometary activity is a manifestation of sublimation-driven processes at the surface of nuclei. However, cometary outbursts may arise from other processes that are not necessarily driven by volatiles.
Michael S. P. Kelley +37 more
doaj +1 more source