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Identification and characterization of a new ensemble of cometary organic molecules

Altwegg, K.; Fuselier, S. A.; Rubin, M. +4 more

In-situ study of comet 1P/Halley during its 1986 apparition revealed a surprising abundance of organic coma species. It remained unclear, whether or not these species originated from polymeric matter. Now, high-resolution mass-spectrometric data collected at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by ESA's Rosetta mission unveil the chemical structure of …