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astro-ph2008★ 50 cited
The Peculiar Volatile Composition of Comet 8P/Tuttle: A Contact Binary of Chemically Distinct Cometesimals?
B. P. Bonev, M. J. Mumma, Y. L. Radeva +3
We report measurements of eight native (i.e., released directly from the comet nucleus) volatiles (H2O, HCN, CH4, C2H2, C2H6, CO, H2CO, and CH3OH) in comet 8P/Tuttle using NIRSPEC…
astro-ph2008★ 30 cited
IRCS/Subaru Observations of Water in the Inner Coma of Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: Spatially Resolved Rotational Temperatures and Ortho-Para Ratios
Boncho P . Bonev, Michael J. Mumma, Hideyo Kawakita +2
Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 was observed with IRCS/Subaru at geocentric distance of 0.074 AU on UT 10 May 2006. Multiple H2O emission lines were detected in non-resonant flu…