Armand H. Delsemme
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Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astrophysics, University of Toledo, Ohio. Interdisciplinary Scientist, Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby Mission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Editor of Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites. Author of Our Cosmic Origins.
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Comet, a small body orbiting the Sun with a substantial fraction of its composition made up of volatile ices. When a comet comes close to the Sun, the ices sublimate (go directly from the solid to the gas phase) and form, along with entrained dust particles, a bright outflowing atmosphere around…
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