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Cometary Chemistry and the Origin of Icy Solar System Bodies: The View After Rosetta

Altwegg, Kathrin; Balsiger, Hans; Fuselier, Stephen A.

In situ research of cometary chemistry began when measurements from the Giotto mission at Comet 1P/Halley revealed the presence of complex organics in the coma. New telescopes and space missions have provided detailed remote and in situ measurements of the composition of cometary volatiles. Recently, the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gera…