Icy Grains in Comet 103P/Hartley 2

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Mar 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011lpi....42.2292s&link_type=abstract

42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 7–11, 2011 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1608, p.2292

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Hartley 2’s coma includes µm-sized water ice grains that are
spatially correlated with CO2-rich jets, suggesting that CO2 is dragging
the ice from the nucleus. These ice grains then sublime, thus explaining
the small comet’s enhanced water activity.

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