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Coma Volatile Composition and Thermal Physics in Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Measured near Closest Approach to Earth with NASA-IRTF

  • Authors: Nathan X. Roth, Michael A. DiSanti, Boncho P. Bonev, Neil Dello Russo, Erika L. Gibb, Ronald J. Vervack, Mohammad Saki, Adam J. McKay, Hideyo Kawakita, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner, Kiernan D. Foster

Nathan X. Roth et al 2026 The Planetary Science Journal 7 .

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Upper: detections of H2O, HCN, C2H2, and OH* in E3 covering iSHELL echelle orders 170–172. The uppermost trace is the observed cometary spectrum with the telluric transmittance model superimposed. Below are individual molecular fluorescence models color coded by species. The bottom trace shows the residual (cometary spectrum minus all models) with the 1σ uncertainty envelope overlaid and shaded. Lower: zoomed plots covering the gray shaded regions indicated in the upper panel. In this case, the uppermost trace is the telluric-subtracted comet spectrum with the total fluorescence model overlaid. Individual fluorescence models are shown below. We searched for NH2, a potentially confounding species in this spectral region, but did not detect it. Our 3σ upper limit is NH2/H2O < 0.03%.

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