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Molecule dependent oxygen isotopic ratios in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, M. Combi +9
The ratios of the three stable oxygen isotopes 16O, 17O and 18O on Earth and, as far as we know in the solar system, show variations on the order of a few percent at most, with a f…
First in-situ detection of the CN radical in comets and evidence for a distributed source
Nora Hänni, Kathrin Altwegg, Boris Pestoni +4
Although the debate regarding the origin of the cyano (CN) radical in comets has been ongoing for many decades, it has yielded no definitive answer to date. CN could previously onl…
CHO-bearing molecules in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Markus Schuhmann, Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger +10
In 2004, the Rosetta spacecraft was sent to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for the first ever long-term investigation of a comet. After its arrival in 2014, the spacecraft spent m…