Chlorine-bearing species and the 37Cl/35Cl isotope ratio in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Dhooghe, F.; De Keyser, J.; Hänni, N.; Altwegg, K.; Cessateur, G.; Jehin, E.; Maggiolo, R.; Rubin, M.; Wurz, P. (2021). Chlorine-bearing species and the 37Cl/35Cl isotope ratio in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 508(1): 1020-1032. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1732
In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. OXFORD UNIV PRESS: Oxford. ISSN 0035-8711; e-ISSN 1365-2966, more
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| Author keywords |
comets: general, comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko |
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- Dhooghe, F., more
- De Keyser, J., more
- Hänni, N.
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- Altwegg, K.
- Cessateur, G., more
- Jehin, E., more
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- Maggiolo, R., more
- Rubin, M.
- Wurz, P.
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| Abstract |
A full-mission analysis has been conducted of Cl-bearing species in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko as detected by the Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer (DFMS) of Rosetta's ROSINA instrument. The isotope ratio of the two stable chlorine isotopes 37Cl/35Cl is found to be 0.336 ± 0.017, to be compared with the standard mean ocean chloride value of 0.320. The isotope ratio does not change appreciably throughout the mission. The Cl-bearing species fingerprint in DFMS indicates that there is at least one additional chlorine-bearing species in the coma next to HCl, CH3Cl, and NH4Cl. The identity of this volatile or semivolatile species is unknown at this time. |
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