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The organic component in dust from comet Halley as measured by the PUMA mass spectrometer on board Vega 1

Nature (1987) 326(6115) 755-760
DOI: 10.1038/326755a0
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Following the encounter of the Vega 1 spacecraft with comet Halley, the composition of cometary dust has been analysed by mass spectroscopy. Most particles consist of a predominantly chondritic core with an organic mantle composed mainly of highly unsaturated compounds. © 1987 Nature Publishing Group.

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Kissel, J., & Krueger, F. R. (1987). The organic component in dust from comet Halley as measured by the PUMA mass spectrometer on board Vega 1. Nature, 326(6115), 755–760. https://doi.org/10.1038/326755a0

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