Depleted Carbon Monoxide in Fragment C of the Jupiter-Family Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

M. A. DiSanti; W. M. Anderson; G. L. Villanueva; B. P. Bonev; K. Magee-Sauer; E. L. Gibb; M. J. Mumma; Erika Gibb

doi:10.1086/518716

Depleted Carbon Monoxide in Fragment C of the Jupiter-Family Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

M. A. DiSanti, W. M. Anderson, G. L. Villanueva, B. P. Bonev, K. Magee-Sauer, E. L. Gibb, M. J. Mumma, Erika Gibb

University of Missouri-St. Louis

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Abstract

Carbon monoxide emission was targeted in fragment C of the recently split Jupiter-family comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 during its 2006 apparition, using the Cryogenic Echelle Spectrograph (CSHELL) at the NASA IRTF on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Simultaneous sounding with H2O near 4.65 μm revealed highly depleted CO, consistent with a mixing ratio of 0.5% ± 0.13%. Along with depleted CH3OH but nearly normal HCN, this may indicate that this comet formed in the inner giant planets' region or, alternatively, that it formed relatively late, after significant clearing of the protosolar nebula.

Original language	American English
Journal	The Astrophysical Journal
Volume	661
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/518716
State	Published - May 20 2007

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