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Iron and Nickel Detected in Atmospheres of Solar System Comets | Astronomy – Sci-News.com
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have detected neutral atoms of two heavy metals — iron (Fe I) and nickel (Ni I) — in the atmospheres of several Solar…
Astronomers using ESOs Very Large Telescope have detected neutral atoms of two heavy metals — iron (Fe I) and nickel (Ni I) — in the atmospheres of several Solar System comets, even far from the Sun. The findings appear in the journal Nature.
The detection of iron (Fe) and nickel (Ni) in the fuzzy atmosphere of a comet are illustrated in this image, which features the spectrum of light of C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) on the top left superimposed to a real image of the comet taken with the SPECULOOS telescope…
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