Composition of Cometary Dust: The Case against Silicates

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Oct 1999

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Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 268, Issue 1/3, p. 125-128 (1999).

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It is argued that the infrared emission including 10 and 18 μ
features observed in recent comets is unlikely to be due to silicates.
The vaporization temperature of the emitting material˜ 500 K is
consistent with emission by crystalline polyformaldehyde.

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