Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002jgre..107.5095d&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), Volume 107, Issue E11, pp. 5-1, CiteID 5095, DOI 10.1029/2001JE001838
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Planetology: Comets And Small Bodies: Atmospheres-Composition And Chemistry, Planetology: Comets And Small Bodies: Composition, Planetology: Comets And Small Bodies: Ice, Planetology: Comets And Small Bodies: Radiation And Spectra
Scientific paper
Ethane (C2H6) and water (H2O) were detected in Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake between UT 1996 March 23.4 (Rh = 1.08 AU preperihelion) and 1996 April 12.2 (Rh = 0.64 AU preperihelion). Our long-slit infrared spectra featured both high spectral dispersion and high spatial resolution about the nucleus, permitting the extraction of rotational temperatures, production rates, and spatial distributions of species along the slit. Production rates were measured for water (on four dates) and ethane (on three dates). Their average relative abundance was C2H6/H2O = (6.2 +/- 0.7) × 10-3. The spatial distributions of C2H6 and H2O molecules in the coma were consistent with both species being released directly from the nucleus on all dates, although asymmetries about the nucleus are seen for both gas and dust.
Dello Russo Neil
DiSanti Michael A.
Magee-Sauer Karen
Mumma Michael J.
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