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Comet Dust: Connections with Interstellar Dust

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

R. F. Knacke
R. F. Knacke*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences State University of New York Stony Brook, New York 11794 U.S.A.

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The Comet Halley campaigns resulted in an enormously better understanding of the composition of comets. Silicates, organic compounds, and volatile ices comprised of H2O, CO, CO2, S2, CN, and possibly CH4 and OCS occur in comet grains. These are all known or suspected constituents of interstellar dust. We review the chemical, elemental, and isotopic compositions of comet dust and compare this with interstellar matter. The many intriguing parallels suggest, but do not yet establish, a direct connection between comet dust and interstellar dust.

Type
Section VII: Interstellar Dust and the Solar System
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 135: Interstellar Dust , 1989 , pp. 415 - 428
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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