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The Chemical Composition of Comets-Emerging Taxonomies and Natal Heritage by Mumma, Michael J, Charnley, Steven B

“…Cometary nuclei contain the least modified material from the formative epoch of our planetary system, and their compositions reflect a range of processes…”
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Strong Release of Methane on Mars in Northern Summer 2003 by Mumma, Michael J, Villanueva, Geronimo L, Novak, Robert E, Hewagama, Tilak, Bonev, Boncho P, DiSanti, Michael A, Mandell, Avi M, Smith, Michael D

“…Living systems produce more than 90% of Earth's atmospheric methane; the balance is of geochemical origin. On Mars, methane could be a signature of either…”
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The Ice Chemistry in Comets and Planet-forming Disks: Statistical Comparison of CH3OH, H2CO, and NH3 Abundance Ratios by Lippi, Manuela, Podio, Linda, Codella, Claudio, Faggi, Sara, De Simone, Marta, Villanueva, Geronimo L., Mumma, Michael J., Ceccarelli, Cecilia

“…Comets are frozen remnants of our solar system’s formation, and comparing their chemical composition to that of planet-forming systems can reveal crucial…”
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Radiation Tolerance of Nanopore Sequencing Technology for Life Detection on Mars and Europa by Sutton, Mark A., Burton, Aaron S., Zaikova, Elena, Sutton, Ryan E., Brinckerhoff, William B., Bevilacqua, Julie G., Weng, Margaret M., Mumma, Michael J., Johnson, Sarah Stewart

“…The search for life beyond Earth is a key motivator in space exploration. Informational polymers, like DNA and RNA, are key biosignatures for life as we know…”
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Strong Variability of Martian Water Ice Clouds During Dust Storms Revealed From ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter/NOMAD by Liuzzi, Giuliano, Villanueva, Geronimo L., Crismani, Matteo M.J., Smith, Michael D., Mumma, Michael J., Daerden, Frank, Aoki, Shohei, Vandaele, Ann Carine, Clancy, R. Todd, Erwin, Justin, Thomas, Ian, Ristic, Bojan, Lopez‐Moreno, José‐Juan, Bellucci, Giancarlo, Patel, Manish R.

“…Observations of water ice clouds and aerosols on Mars can provide important insights into the complexity of the water cycle. Recent observations have indicated…”
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COMET C/2007 N3 (LULIN): ANOTHER ATYPICAL COMET by GIBB, Erika L, BONEV, Boncho P, VILLANUEVA, Geronimo, DISANTI, Michael A, MUMMA, Michael J, SUDHOLT, Emily, RADEVA, Yana

“…We measured the volatile chemical composition of comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) on three dates from 2009 January 30 to February 1 using NIRSPEC, the high-resolution…”
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Reservoirs for Comets: Compositional Differences Based on Infrared Observations by DiSanti, Michael A., Mumma, Michael J.

“…Tracing measured compositions of comets to their origins continues to be of keen interest to cometary scientists and to dynamical modelers of Solar System…”
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ALMA Detection and Astrobiological Potential of Vinyl Cyanide on Titan by Palmer, Maureen Y., Cordiner, Martin A., Nixon, Conor A., Charnley, Steven B., Teanby, Nicholas, Kisiel, Zbigniew, Irwin, Patrick G. J., Mumma, Michael J.

“…Recent simulations have indicated that vinyl cyanide is the best candidate molecule for the formation of cell membranes/vesicle structures in Titan's…”
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Identification of a new band system of isotopic CO2 near 3.3 μm : Implications for remote sensing of biomarker gases on Mars by VILLANUEVA, Geronimo L, MUMMA, Michael J, NOVAK, Robert E, HEWAGAMA, Tilak

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Parent Volatiles in Comet 9P/Tempel 1: Before and After Impact by Mumma, Michael J, DiSanti, Michael A, Magee-Sauer, Karen, Bonev, Boncho P, Villanueva, Geronimo L, Kawakita, Hideyo, Russo, Neil Dello, Gibb, Erika L, Blake, Geoffrey A, Lyke, James E, Campbell, Randall D, Aycock, Joel, Conrad, Al, Hill, Grant M

“…We quantified eight parent volatiles (H₂O, C₂H₆, HCN, CO, CH₃OH, H₂CO, C₂H₂, and CH₄) in the Jupiter-family comet Tempel 1 using high-dispersion infrared…”
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High-resolution infrared spectroscopic measurements of Comet 2P/Encke: Unusual organic composition and low rotational temperatures by Radeva, Yana L., Mumma, Michael J., Villanueva, Geronimo L., Bonev, Boncho P., DiSanti, Michael A., A’Hearn, Michael F., Dello Russo, Neil

“…► We present high-resolution infrared spectroscopic measurements of Comet 2P/Encke. ► 2P/Encke is a dynamical end-member because of its short period of…”
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A Search for Variation in the H2O Ortho-Para Ratio and Rotational Temperature in the Inner Coma of Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) by Bonev, Boncho P, Mumma, Michael J, Villanueva, Geronimo L, Disanti, Michael A, Ellis, Richard S, Magee-Sauer, Karen, Russo, Neil Dello

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Discovery of OH in Circumstellar Disks around Young Intermediate-Mass Stars by Mandell, Avi M, Mumma, Michael J, Blake, Geoffrey A, Bonev, Boncho P, Villanueva, Geronimo L, Salyk, Colette

“…We detect emission from multiple low-excitation rovibrational transitions of OH from the two Herbig Ae stars AB Aurigae and MWC 758 in the 3.0-3.7 mu m…”
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The Peculiar Volatile Composition of Comet 8P/Tuttle: A Contact Binary of Chemically Distinct Cometesimals? by Bonev, Boncho P, Mumma, Michael J, Radeva, Yana L, DiSanti, Michael A, Gibb, Erika L, Villanueva, Geronimo L

“…We report measurements of eight native (i.e., released directly from the comet nucleus) volatiles (H sub(2)O, HCN, CH sub(4), C sub(2)H sub(2), C sub(2)H…”
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The organic composition of Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) revealed through infrared spectroscopy by RADEVA, Yana L, MUMMA, Michael J, BONEV, Boncho P, DISANTI, Michael A, VILLANUEVA, Geronimo L, MAGEE-SAUER, Karen, GIBB, Erika L, WEAVER, Harold A

“…We investigated the parent volatile composition of the Oort cloud Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) on 23a"25 November 2001, using the Near Infrared Echelle…”
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A Comprehensive Study of Infrared OH Prompt Emission in Two Comets. II. Implications for Unimolecular Dissociation of H2O by Bonev, Boncho P, Mumma, Michael J

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Organic Volatiles in Comet 73P-B/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Observed during Its Outburst: A Clue to the Formation Region of the Jupiter-Family Comets by Kobayashi, Hitomi, Kawakita, Hideyo, Mumma, Michael J, Bonev, Boncho P, Watanabe, Jun-ichi, Fuse, Tetsuharu

“…We report the chemical composition of organic molecules in fragment B of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (SW3). Comet SW3 is a Jupiter-family comet that split…”
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D/H ratio during the northern polar summer and what the Phoenix mission might measure by Fisher, David, Novak, Robert, Mumma, Michael J.

“…The Phoenix polar mission will land close to 68°N, 233°E in May 2008 at Ls ∼ 75 and operate 90 sols until Ls ∼ 125 with possible extension to Ls ∼ 142. Phoenix…”
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The Volatile Composition of the Split Ecliptic comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: A Comparison of Fragments C and B by Villanueva, Geronimo L, Bonev, Boncho P, Mumma, Michael J, Magee-Sauer, Karen, DiSanti, Michael A, Salyk, C, Blake, Geoffrey A

“…The composition of fragments C and B of the Jupiter-family comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (SW3) was investigated in early April of 2006 at IR wavelengths…”
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The Composition of Comets by Cochran, Anita L., Levasseur-Regourd, Anny-Chantal, Cordiner, Martin, Hadamcik, Edith, Lasue, Jérémie, Gicquel, Adeline, Schleicher, David G., Charnley, Steven B., Mumma, Michael J., Paganini, Lucas, Bockelée-Morvan, Dominique, Biver, Nicolas, Kuan, Yi-Jehng

“…This paper is the result of the International Cometary Workshop, held in Toulouse, France in April 2014, where the participants came together to assess our…”
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