An international team of scientists has found the first time as part of cometary material alcohol molecules. According to the study authors, the discovery was made by a 30-meter telescope of the Institute of Radio Astronomy in the millimeter range, located in the Spanish Sierra Nevada in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.
«We have found in the comet C / 2013 Q2, known as Comet Lovejoy, 21 molecules of organic compounds, including ethanol and the simplest monosaccharide – glycolaldehyde, which had never before in comets have not met, “- said the scientists.
Astrophysics, working in particular with the National Center for Scientific Research in France, noted that monitored the comet Lovejoy in January this year, when it was at a distance of about 90 million km from the Earth, and was “the most brilliant and productive.” During this period she was close to the Sun and “stretched” his giant tail consisting of dust and gas. To study its composition using various methods, including spectral analysis, Tass reported.
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