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Simulated comet dust particles coated with yellow organic material

Simulated comet dust particles coated with yellow organic material


Copyright: Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands

Simulated comet dust particles, each consisting of a rocky core, coated with a layer of yellow organic material and surrounded by an ice mantle consisting of condensed gases. The yellow material is formed when the ices are irradiated by ultraviolet light.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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