Zolensky, Michael E. and Grady, Monica M.
(2018).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.14.2.83 |
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Abstract
We introduce the principal mysteries surrounding comets; discuss the proposed importance of comets to the origin of water and organic compounds in the inner solar system; and summarize the history of cometary observation, study, and exploration over the past 22 centuries.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2018 Mineralogical Society of America |
| ISSN: | 1811-5217 |
| Keywords: | comets; water; organic compounds; Oort Cloud; Kuiper Belt; solar system |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Item ID: | 54894 |
| SWORD Depositor: | Jisc Publications-Router |
| Depositing User: | Jisc Publications-Router |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2018 09:43 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2018 11:06 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/54894 |
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