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Cometary Organic Formation

Cometary Organic Formation is a theoretical framework within molecular formation pathways that elucidates the abiotic synthesis and evolutionary processes of organic molecules in cometary ices through low-temperature solid-state reactions mediated by cosmic radiation and thermal processing.

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2.5K

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115

Authors

60

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Comets and the Formation of Biochemical Compounds on the Primitive Earth

J. Oró · Nature · 1961 · 534 citations

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An Experimental Study of the Organic Molecules Produced in Cometary and Interstellar Ice Analogs by Thermal Formaldehyde Reactions

W. A. Schutte, L. J. Allamandola, Scott A. Sandford · Icarus · 1993 · 231 citations

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Comet Halley as an aggregate of interstellar dust and further evidence for the photochemical formation of organics in the interstellar medium

Robert G. Briggs, G. Ertem, James P. Ferris et al. · Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres · 1992 · 211 citations · Full text

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Organic Composition of C/1999 S4 (LINEAR): A Comet Formed Near Jupiter?

M. J. Mumma, Neil Dello Russo, M. A. DiSanti et al. · Science · 2001 · 157 citations

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Hydrogen cyanide polymers, comets and the origin of life

Clifford N. Matthews, Robert D. Minard · Faraday Discussions · 2006 · 150 citations

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Authors

115

  1. AH
    A. H. Delsemme

    University of Toledo, United States

    5 publications · 196 citations

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  2. CS
    Carl Sagan

    Cornell University, United States

    4 publications · 155 citations

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  3. CF
    Christopher F. Chyba

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  4. LF
    L. Flandinet

    Université Grenoble Alpes, France

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  5. WA
    W. A. Schutte

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 442 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    27 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Ames Research Center

    Mountain View, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    880 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    634 citations

  4. University of Toledo

    Toledo, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

  5. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    661 citations

  6. Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale

    Bures-sur-Yvette, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    295 citations

  7. Australian Astronomical Observatory

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

  8. Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    864 citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    6 publications · 714 citations

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  2. Icarus

    5 publications · 492 citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 4 publications · 168 citations

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  4. Advances in Space Research

    4 publications · 113 citations

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  5. Astrophysics and Space Science

    2 publications · 37 citations

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