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Neutral Na in Cometary Tails as a Remnant of Early Aqueous Alteration

12/03/2015 19:59 · by karmaka · in aqueous alteration, comet

Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, F. Leblanc, M. Ali-Dib, M. Doronin, E. Zicler, and A. Doressoundiram The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 801 Number 2 ApJ 801 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L30 LINK

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years

27/01/2015 00:03 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta, space missions

R. Schulz et al Nature (2015), doi:10.1038/nature14159 LINK

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a Jupiter family comet with a high D/H ratio

10/12/2014 21:17 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta, space missions

K. Altwegg, H. Balsiger, A. Bar-Nun, J. J. Berthelier, A. Bieler, P. Bochsler, C. Briois, U. Calmonte, M. Combi, J. De Keyser, P. Eberhardt, B. Fiethe, S. Fuselier, S. Gasc, T. I. Gombosi, K.C. Hansen,…

Importance of water and organics in the early Solar System: From interstellar inheritance to planet formation

28/11/2014 14:43 · by karmaka · in accretion, organic matter, planets/planetesimals, water

Conel M.O’D. Alexander (DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington) PDF LINK

Cometary dust in Antarctic ice and snow: Past and present chondritic porous micrometeorites preserved on the Earth’s surface

26/11/2014 14:04 · by karmaka · in comet

Takaaki Noguchi, Noriaki Ohashi, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Takuya Mitsunari, John P. Bradley, Tomoki Nakamura, Shoichi Toh, Thomas Stephan, Naoyoshi Iwata, Naoya Imae Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 1–11 available online…

The capabilities of ROSINA/DFMS to measure argon isotopes at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

20/11/2014 19:54 · by karmaka · in comet, noble gases, Rosetta

M. Hässig, K. Altwegg, J.J. Berthelier, U. Calmonte, T.I. Gombosi, J. De Keyser, B. Fiethe, S.A. Fuselier, L. Le Roy, T. Owen, M. Rubin Planetary and Space Science available online 20 November 2014 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.015 LINK

Dynamical Features and Spatial Structures of the Plasma Interaction Region of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the Solar Wind

20/11/2014 15:44 · by karmaka · in comet, Rosetta

C. Koenders, K.-H. Glassmeier, I. Richter, H. Ranocha, U. Motschmann Planetary and Space Science, available online 20 November 2014 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.11.014 LINK

A kinetic study of the formation of organic solids from formaldehyde: Implications for the origin of extraterrestrial organic solids in primitive solar system objects

15/11/2014 20:47 · by karmaka · in aqueous alteration, comet, Kuiper belt objects (KBOs), organic matter

Yoko Kebukawa, George D. Cody Icarus available online 15 November 2014 LINK

PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE !

11/11/2014 21:31 · by karmaka · in meteorite

PHILAE Lander has switched to stand by due to low power. All instruments off. – TIME TO CELEBRATE ! (updated: 15 November, 00:36 UTC) Philae and Rosetta – scientific results will be presented at the…

AMBITION: PHILAE touch down: 12 November ~16:35 CET

27/10/2014 00:50 · by karmaka · in Rosetta, space missions

LINK AMBITION (HD) (Lukasz Sobisz, Simulation TD, Platige Image) Lukasz Sobisz (quote from AMBITION – The Making Of)

Impact chemistry of methanol: Implications for volatile evolution on icy satellites and dwarf planets, and cometary delivery to the Moon

27/08/2014 11:44 · by karmaka · in Moon, solar system

Yasuhito Sekine, Hidenori Genda, Yuta Muto, Seiji Sugita, Toshihiko Kadono, Takafumi Matsui Icarus Available online 27 August 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.034 LINK