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Nature and History of the Organic Compounds in Comets: An Astrophysical View

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Comets in the Post-Halley Era

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 167))

Abstract

The chemical similarities between comets, carbonaceous chondrites, and interstellar molecules and grains are reviewed first. The evolution of frosty interstellar grains is then followed during the collapse of a molecular cloud fragment and the subsequent formation of the Solar System. The paradigm clarifies the probable origin of the two populations of comets of different symmetry (the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt) and implies an exogenous origin for all carbon and water on Earth. This origin is explained by the orbital diffusion of planetesimals that is required by the growth of protoplanets.

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Delsemme, A.H. (1991). Nature and History of the Organic Compounds in Comets: An Astrophysical View. In: Newburn, R.L., Neugebauer, M., Rahe, J. (eds) Comets in the Post-Halley Era. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 167. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3378-4_17

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