comet
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The Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites research group at ICE-CSIC has spent more than a decade studying the physical and chemical properties of asteroid and comet surfaces.
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The UVS instrument was able to observe the comet during a window when viewing from Mars and Earth was difficult or not possible.
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In these events, an incoming object such as a comet detonates above the ground, releasing intense heat and shockwaves that reach Earth's surface.
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As opposed to this threatening metaphorical comet, the Northern “Star Spangled Atmosphere,” Lemen wrote, was “well regulated in its revolutions” and “its universal laws are too well Founded to be over thrown.”
It could also test whether frequent comet activity replenishes the dust, a process studied by Steward researcher Virginie Faramaz-Gorka, who is also a co-author on the paper.
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