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Origin of Molecular Oxygen in Comets : Current Knowledge and Perspectives

Luspay-Kuti, Adrienn ; Mousis, Olivier ; Lunine, Jonathan I. ; Ellinger, Yves ; Pauzat, Françoise ; Raut, Ujjwal ; Bouquet, Alexis ; Mandt, Kathleen E. ; Maggiolo, Romain and Ronnet, Thomas LU , et al. (2018) In Space Science Reviews 214(8).
Abstract


The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument onboard the Rosetta spacecraft has measured molecular oxygen (O
2
) in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) in surprisingly high abundances. These measurements mark the first unequivocal detection of O
2
in a cometary environment. The large relative abundance of O
2
in 67P/C-G despite its high reactivity and low interstellar abundance poses a puzzle for its origin in comet 67P/C-G,... (More)


The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument onboard the Rosetta spacecraft has measured molecular oxygen (O
2
) in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G) in surprisingly high abundances. These measurements mark the first unequivocal detection of O
2
in a cometary environment. The large relative abundance of O
2
in 67P/C-G despite its high reactivity and low interstellar abundance poses a puzzle for its origin in comet 67P/C-G, and potentially other comets. Since its detection, there have been a number of hypotheses put forward to explain the production and origin of O
2
in the comet. These hypotheses cover a wide range of possibilities from various in situ production mechanisms to protosolar nebula and primordial origins. Here, we review the O
2
formation mechanisms from the literature, and provide a comprehensive summary of the current state of knowledge of the sources and origin of cometary O
2
.

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keywords
Astrobiology, Comets, Ice, Molecular oxygen, Radiolysis
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Space Science Reviews
volume
214
issue
8
article number
115
publisher
Springer
external identifiers
  • pmid:30613113
  • scopus:85055114506
ISSN
0038-6308
DOI
10.1007/s11214-018-0541-2
language
English
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  author       = {{Luspay-Kuti, Adrienn and Mousis, Olivier and Lunine, Jonathan I. and Ellinger, Yves and Pauzat, Françoise and Raut, Ujjwal and Bouquet, Alexis and Mandt, Kathleen E. and Maggiolo, Romain and Ronnet, Thomas and Brugger, Bastien and Ozgurel, Ozge and Fuselier, Stephen A.}},
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