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Moonraker -- Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission
O. Mousis, A. Bouquet, Y. Langevin +50
Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, possesses an internal water ocean and jets expelling ocean material into space. Cassini investigations indicated that the subsurface ocean could b…
Cold traps of hypervolatiles in the protosolar nebula at the origin of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)'s peculiar composition
Olivier Mousis, Artyom Aguichine, Alexis Bouquet +4
Recent observations of the long period comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) indicate an unusually high N2/CO abundance ratio, typically larger than 0.05, and at least 2-3 times higher than…
Irradiation dose affects the composition of organic refractory materials in space: Results from laboratory analogues
R. G. Urso, V. Vuitton, G. Danger +9
Context. Near- and mid-infrared observations have revealed the presence of organic refractory materials in the solar system, in cometary nuclei and on the surface of centaurs, Kuip…
Synthesis of molecular oxygen via irradiation of ice grains in the protosolar nebula
O. Mousis, T. Ronnet, J. I. Lunine +4
Molecular oxygen has been detected in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov--Gerasimenko with a mean abundance of 3.80 0.85\% by the ROSINA mass spectrometer on board the Rosetta s…
Scientific rationale for Uranus and Neptune in situ explorations
O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, T. Cavalié +53
The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are the least understood class of planets in our solar system but the most frequently observed type of exoplanets. Presumed to have a small rocky…
The thermal reactivity of HCN and NH3 in interstellar ice analogues
J. A. Noble, P. Theule, F. Borget +5
HCN is a molecule central to interstellar chemistry, since it is the simplest molecule containing a carbon-nitrogen bond and its solid state chemistry is rich. The aim of this work…