Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
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Schulz, Rita , Hilchenbach, Martin , Langevin, Yves , Kissel, Jochen , Silen, Johan , Briois, Christelle , Engrand, Cecile , Hornung, Klaus , Baklouti, Donia , Bardyn, Anaïs , Cottin, Hervé , Fischer, Henning , Fray, Nicolas , Godard, Marie , Lehto, Harry , Le Roy, Léna , Merouane, Sihane , Orthous-Daunay, François-Régis , Paquette, John , Rynö, Jouni , Siljeström, Sandra , Stenzel, Oliver , Thirkell, Laurent , Varmuza, Kurt and Zaprudin, Boris
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Grains collected from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta mission come from a dusty crust that is predicted to be imminently shed as the comet nears the Sun; the grains are high in sodium and fluffy, not icy, suggesting that they are the precursors of interplanetary dust particles.
Rosetta's analysis of cometary dust
Since August 2...
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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years
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Hilchenbach, Martin
Langevin, Yves
Kissel, Jochen
Silen, Johan
Briois, Christelle
Engrand, Cecile
Hornung, Klaus
Baklouti, Donia
Bardyn, Anaïs
Cottin, Hervé
Fischer, Henning
Fray, Nicolas
Godard, Marie
Lehto, Harry
Le Roy, Léna
Merouane, Sihane
Orthous-Daunay, François-Régis
Paquette, John
Rynö, Jouni
Siljeström, Sandra
Stenzel, Oliver
Thirkell, Laurent
Varmuza, Kurt
Zaprudin, Boris
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_ri_6800
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_ri_6800
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0028-0836,1476-4687
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature14159
