Cometary Volatiles and the Origin of Comets

Cometary Volatiles and the Origin of Comets

We describe recent results on the CO/C02/H2O composition of comets and compare these with models of the protoplanetary disk. We argue that the cometary observations require reactions on grain surfaces to convert CO to CO2 and also require formation between the CO and CO2 snow lines. This then requir...

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Hauptverfasser: A'Hearn, Michael F., Feaga, Lori M., Keller, H. Uwe, Kawakita, Hideyo, Hampton, Donald L., Kissel, Jochen, Klaasen, Kenneth P., McFadden, Lucy A., Meech, Karen J., Schultz, Peter H., Sunshine, Jessica M., Thomas, Peter C., Veverka, Joseph, Yeomans, Donald K., Besse, Sebastien, Bodewits, Dennis, Farnham, Tony L., Groussin, Olivier, Kelley, Michael S., Lisse, Carey M., Merlin, Frederic, Protopapa, Silvia, Wellnitz, Dennis D.
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
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Zusammenfassung:We describe recent results on the CO/C02/H2O composition of comets and compare these with models of the protoplanetary disk. We argue that the cometary observations require reactions on grain surfaces to convert CO to CO2 and also require formation between the CO and CO2 snow lines. This then requires very early mixing of cometesimals in the protoplanetary disk analogous to the mixing described for the asteroid belt by Walsh and Morbidelli. We suggest that most comets formed in the region of the giant planets. the traditional source of the Oort-cloud comets but not of the Jupiter-family comets