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Spectroscopic identification of water emission from a main-belt comet

Main-belt comets are small Solar System bodies located in the asteroid belt that repeatedly exhibit comet-like activity (that is, dust comae or tails) during their perihelion passages, strongly indicating ice sublimation(1,2). Although the existence of main-belt comets implies the presence of extant...

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Autores principales: Kelley, Michael S. P., Hsieh, Henry H., Bodewits, Dennis, Saki, Mohammad, Villanueva, Geronimo L., Milam, Stefanie N., Hammel, Heidi B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10371862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37187210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06152-y