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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 418, Issue 3, Pages L35-L38Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040116
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astrobiology; astrochernistry; comets : general; comets : individuals : C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp); radio lines : solar system; solar system : formation
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We report the detection of ethylene glycol (HOCH2CH2OH) in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) from the analysis of archival radio spectra. Its production rate is approximate to0.25% that of water, making it one of the most abundant organic molecules in cometary ices. This detection strengthens the similarity between interstellar and cometary material.
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