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Comets Stink! The Chemical Zoo Found at Comet Chury

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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The Chemicals That Give Moth Balls Their Smell

Sou the su was my idea, because i'm not a chemist. I think nono can can remember all the structures and compounds. So thatwas our first toin compound. Ad most like sulphur type of compounds. Worserof mortemore, dominant smill. What is the chemical that gives moth balls their characteristic smell? Not naf nasoline, aftalins, torin compound. And were you surprised to find such a vast assortment of chemical compounds? We certainly were. It's really surprising, because comets are so primitive phristine That you think they would contain very small moleculeslike waterand c o two but not much else.

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