Complex organic molecules in comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy): detection of ethylene glycol and formamide

N. Biver (1) , D. Bockelée-Morvan (1) , V. Debout (1) , J. Crovisier (1) , J. Boissier (1) , D. Lis (2) , N. Dello Russo (3) , R. Moreno (1) , P. Colom (1) , G. Paubert , R. Vervack , H. Weaver

1 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
2 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
3 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan, V. Debout, J. Crovisier, J. Boissier, et al.. Complex organic molecules in comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy): detection of ethylene glycol and formamide. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2014, 566, pp.L5. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201423890⟩. ⟨hal-02612673⟩