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Cometary Ice Composition

Cometary Ice Composition is a scientific construct that specifies the relative abundances and chemical identities of volatile ices, primarily composed of water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and other organic and inorganic molecules, preserved within the nucleus of a comet and reflective of the conditions of the early solar nebula.

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A comet model. I. The acceleration of Comet Encke

Fred L. Whipple · The Astrophysical Journal · 1950 · 871 citations

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The Spectrum of Comet Hale-Bopp (C/1995 O1) Observed with the Infrared Space Observatory at 2.9 Astronomical Units from the Sun

J. Crovisier, K. Leech, D. Bockelée–Morvan et al. · Science · 1997 · 517 citations

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Ocean-like water in the Jupiter-family comet 103P/Hartley 2

P. Hartogh, D. C. Lis, D. Bockelée–Morvan et al. · Nature · 2011 · 468 citations

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Physical Characteristics of Comets

S. K. Vsekhsvyatskii · Soviet Astronomy · 1998 · 460 citations · Full text

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The c2d<i>Spitzer</i>Spectroscopic Survey of Ices around Low‐Mass Young Stellar Objects. I. H<sub>2</sub>O and the 5–8 μm Bands1,2

A. C. A. Boogert, K. M. Pontoppidan, C. Knez et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2008 · 375 citations · Full text

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  1. DB
    D. Bockelée–Morvan

    Observatoire de Paris, France

    23 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. MF
    Michael F. A’Hearn

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    24 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. OG
    O. Groussin

    Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, France

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. NB
    N. Biver

    Observatoire de Paris, France

    17 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. LJ
    L. Jordá

    Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, France

    16 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    37 h-index

    383 publications

    35.1K citations

  2. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    31 h-index

    111 publications

    13.7K citations

  3. Laboratoire d’études spatiales et d’instrumentation en astrophysique

    Meudon, France

    29 h-index

    144 publications

    17.7K citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    169 publications

    19.1K citations

  5. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    146 publications

    12.4K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    27 h-index

    194 publications

    21.3K citations

  7. Observatoire de Paris

    Paris, France

    26 h-index

    113 publications

    11.1K citations

  8. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    25 h-index

    98 publications

    9.2K citations

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  1. Icarus

    47 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 39 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    33 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Science

    17 publications · 3.1K citations

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