Comet nucleus (English Wikipedia)

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Filacchione, G; Groussin, O; Herny, C; Kappel, D; Mottola, S; Oklay, N; Pommerol, A; Wright, I; Yoldi, Z; Ciarniello, M; Moroz, L; Raponi, A (2019). "Comet 67P/CG Nucleus Composition and Comparison to Other Comets" (PDF). Space Science Reviews. 215 (1): Article number 19. Bibcode:2019SSRv..215...19F. doi:10.1007/s11214-019-0580-3. S2CID 127214832. a predominance of organic materials and minerals.

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Feldman, Paul D.; A'Hearn, Michael F.; Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Feaga, Lori M.; Parker, Joel Wm.; et al. (2 June 2015). "Measurements of the near-nucleus coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko with the Alice far-ultraviolet spectrograph on Rosetta" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 583: A8. arXiv:1506.01203. Bibcode:2015A&A...583A...8F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201525925. S2CID 119104807.
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