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The Nature of Diatomic Sulfur in Comets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

D. C. Boice  and
Céline Reylé
D. C. Boice
Affiliation:
Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238-5166, USA
Céline Reylé
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Besancon, BP 1615, 25010 Besancon, France

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Diatomic sulfur was first discovered in comets during the close approach to Earth of comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock (C/1983 HI). The spatial distribution of S2 was restricted to within a few hundred kilometers of the nucleus, consistent with S2 being a parent molecule. This molecule has been detected in comets Hyakutake (C/1996 B2), Lee (C/1999 HI), and recently in Ikeya-Zhang (C/2002 CI), leading to the conclusion that S2 is ubiquitous in comets.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 501
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005