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2021 Census of Interstellar, Circumstellar, Extragalactic, Protoplanetary Disk, and Exoplanetary Molecules

Authors: Brett A. McGuire

2022 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 259 30.

Provider: AAS Journals

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Cumulative number of known interstellar molecules over time. After the birth of molecular radio astronomy in the 1960s, there have been on average 3.9 new detections per year. The commissioning dates of several major contributing facilities are noted with arrows.

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