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Title: FROZEN HYDROCARBONS IN COMETS

Journal Article · · Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
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  1. School of Graduate Studies, Ilia State University, 3/5 Cholokashvili Street, Tbilisi, 0162 (Georgia)

Recent investigations of the luminescence of frozen hydrocarbon particles of icy cometary halos have been carried out. The process of luminescence of organic icy particles in a short-wavelength solar radiation field is considered. A comparative analysis of observed and laboratory data leads to 72 luminescent emission lines in the spectrum of the comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang. The concept of cometary relict matter is presented, and the creation of a database of unidentified cometary emission lines is proposed.

OSTI ID:
21583238
Journal Information:
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 141, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/141/2/56; ISSN 1538-3881
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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