Deuterated Water in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) and Its Implications for the Origin of Comets

Bockelée–Morvan, D.; Gautier, D.; C. Lis, D.; E. Young, Kaisa; Keene, J.; G. Phillips, T.; Owen, Tobias; Crovisier, J.; F. Goldsmith, P.; A. Bergin, Edwin; Despois, D.; Wootten, A.

doi:10.1006/icar.1998.5916

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Deuterated Water in Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) and Its Implications for the Origin of Comets

Published in Icarus • May 1, 1998

Authors:

D. Bockelée–Morvan

D. Gautier

D. C. Lis

Abstract

The close approach to the Earth of Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) in March 1996 allowed searches for minor volatile species outgassed from the nucleus. We report the detection of deuterated water (HDO) through its 101–000rotational transition at 464.925 GHz using the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. ...

Subject

Comet

Physics

Deuterium

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