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Comets at radio wavelengths

Bockelée-Morvan, Dominique; Biver, Nicolas; Crovisier, Jacques +1 more

Comets are considered as the most primitive objects in the Solar System. Their composition provides information on the composition of the primitive solar nebula, 4.6 Gyr ago. The radio domain is a privileged tool to study the composition of cometary ices. Observations of the OH radical at 18 cm wavelength allow us to measure the water production r…