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Cometary Volatiles

Cometary Volatiles is a scientific construct referring to the class of low-boiling-point chemical compounds, predominantly water, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane, that sublimate readily from the solid phase to gas upon solar heating and are native to the icy matrix of comets, thereby driving cometary activity and providing diagnostic signatures of primordial solar system composition.

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The Chemical Composition of Comets—Emerging Taxonomies and Natal Heritage

M. J. Mumma, Steven B. Charnley · Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2011 · 899 citations

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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 Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets

C. M. O'd. Alexander, R. Bowden, Marilyn L. Fogel et al. · Science · 2012 · 687 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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COMETARY ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL CLOUD AND CARBONACEOUS MICROMETEORITES. IMPLICATIONS FOR HOT DEBRIS DISKS

David Nesvorný, Peter Jenniskens, Harold F. Levison et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2010 · 515 citations · Full text

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  1. MA
    M. A. DiSanti

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    31 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. MJ
    M. J. Mumma

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    30 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. BP
    B. P. Bonev

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. ND
    Neil Dello Russo

    Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, United States

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. GV
    Gerónimo Villanueva

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    19 publications · 910 citations

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    32 h-index

    182 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    222 publications

    15.2K citations

  3. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    24 h-index

    138 publications

    12.4K citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    84 publications

    6.1K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    23 h-index

    77 publications

    5.8K citations

  6. Catholic University of America

    Washington D.C., United States

    22 h-index

    52 publications

    2.5K citations

  7. University of America

    Murrieta, United States

    22 h-index

    53 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. Southwest Research Institute

    San Antonio, United States

    20 h-index

    42 publications

    4.6K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 46 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Icarus

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  3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    23 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. The Astronomical Journal

    AJ · 21 publications · 752 citations

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  5. Science

    16 publications · 3K citations

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