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Jan 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991aj....101..268b&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 101, Jan. 1991, p. 268-278.
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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Comets, Emission Spectra, Infrared Spectra, Organic Compounds, Abundance, Cosmic Dust, Spectrum Analysis, Comets, Emissions, Brorsen-Metcalf, Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko, Fluorescence, Organic Material, Spectra, Flux, Water, Production Rate, Dust, Distance, Earth-Based Observations, Abundance, Flux, Comparisons, Thermal Effects, West, Iras-Araki-Alcock, Halley, Wilson, Encke, Bradfield
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The 3.4 micron emission feature due to cometary organics was detected in Comets P/Brorsen-Metcalf and Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko (1989r). Features-to-continuum ratios in these two comets were higher than those expected from the trend seen in other comets to date. Three micron spectra of eight comets are reviewed. The 3.4 micron band flux is better correlated with the water production rate than with the dust production rate in this sample of comets. High feature-to-continuum ratios in P/Brorsen-Metcalf and Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko can be explained by the low dust-to-gas ratios of these two comets. The observations to date are consistent with cometary organics being present in all comets (even those for which no 3.4 micron feature was evident) at comparable abundances with respect to water. The emission mechanism and absolute abundance of the organics are not well determined; either gas-phase fluorescence or thermal emission from hot grains is consistent with the heliocentric distance dependence of the 3.4 micron band flux. There is an overall similarity in the spectral profiles of the 3.4 micron feature in comets; however, there are some potentially significant differences in the details of the spectra.
Brooke Timothy Young
Knacke Roger F.
Tokunaga Alan T.
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