Published 1989 | Version v1
Book

Comet Halley and interstellar chemistry

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (USA)

Description

How complex is the chemistry of the interstellar medium? How far does it evolve and how has it interacted with the chemistry of the solar system? Are the galactic chemical processes destroyed, preserved, or even enhanced in comets? Are biogenic molecules formed in space and have the formation mechanisms interacted in any way with prebiotic organic chemical processes on the early earth? Radio molecular studies of comets are important for probing deep into the coma and nuclear region and thus may help answer these questions. Comets are believed to be pristine samples of the debris left from the formation of the solar system and may have been the carrier between interstellar and terrestrial prebiotic chemistries. Recent observations of Comet Halley and subsequent comets have given the author an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between interstellar molecular chemistry and cometary chemistry

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Chemical Society.
Imprint Place
Washington, DC (USA)
Imprint Title
The 1989 international chemical congress of Pacific Basin Societies: Abstracts of papers, Parts I and II
Imprint Pagination
1700 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1271, Paper PHYS 399.

Conference

Title
International chemical congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM '89).
Dates
17-22 Dec 1989.
Place
Honolulu, HI (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22032852
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COSMOCHEMISTRY; HALLEY COMET; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MOLECULES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOASTRONOMY; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; COMETS; SPACE

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-891206--.