Tentative Identffication of the H20+ Ion in Comet Kohoutek.
Abstract
Summary. Unidentified features in the spectrum of Comet Kohoutek observed by Herbig and Benvenuti and Wurm fit with the low-temperature lines in the spectrum of the H2O + ion. The presence of this ion in the tail of Comet Kohoutek is thus strongly indicated. Key words: comets - Comet Kohoutek (1973f)
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974A&A....31..123H