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Examination of the spatial distribution of CO intensity of Comet Halley indicates that a large fraction of CO originates from the refractory organic component in the coma, rather than directly from the volatiles in the nucleus. Based on the fluffy aggregate interstellar dust comet model, we have estimated the upper limits of the total amount of CO provided by coma dust. The implications from the comparison of the predicted results with the observed value have been discussed.
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Li, A., Greenberg, J.M. (1999). The Distributed CO in Comet Halley. In: Altwegg, K., Ehrenfreund, P., Geiss, J., Huebner, W.F. (eds) Composition and Origin of Cometary Materials. Space Science Series of ISSI, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4211-3_6
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