First Polymer in Space Identified in Comet Halley

The heavy-ion mass spectrum obtained in the inner coma of comet Halley with the PICCA instrument on the Giotto spacecraft has been examined. Short polymer chains of polyoxymethylene and their decay products are identified as the source for the spectrum with six mass peaks between about 45 and 120 at...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1987-08, Vol.237 (4815), p.628-630
Main Author: Huebner, W. F.
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Comets
Composition
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Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Halley's comet
Hydrogen
Interplanetary space
Mass spectra
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Molecular spectra
Nitrogen
Outer space
Oxygen
Physics
Polymers
Solar system
Space exploration
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Astrophysics
Atoms
Atoms & subatomic particles
Cometary comas
Comets
Composition
Discovery and exploration
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Halley's comet
Hydrogen
Interplanetary space
Mass spectra
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Molecular spectra
Nitrogen
Outer space
Oxygen
Physics
Polymers
Solar system
Space exploration
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