Coma formation driven by carbon monoxide release from comet Schwassmann–Wachmann 1
Coma formation driven by carbon monoxide release from comet Schwassmann–Wachmann 1
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DISTANT comets are sometimes observed to undergo outbursts of activity that generate a surrounding coma, but the cause of this activity is not known
1,2
. Whereas such outbursts in near-Sun comets are driven by the sublimation of water ice
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, distant comets are too cold for this process to operate. The most plausible mechanisms involve...
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Coma formation driven by carbon monoxide release from comet Schwassmann–Wachmann 1
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_204460213
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/371229a0
