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High water D/H ratio of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is consistent with a low-metallicity origin
Kenji Furuya, Martin Cordiner, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan +5
Recent JWST observations have revealed unusually high C/C ratios in carbon-bearing molecules of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, consistent with formation in a lower…
Water D/H in 3I/ATLAS as a Probe of Formation Conditions in Another Planetary System
Luis E. Salazar Manzano, Teresa Paneque-Carreño, Martin A. Cordiner +17
Water reservoirs in the Solar System exhibit a deuterium enrichment that links back to the physical environment at the time of stellar birth. Gas-phase and ice-grain deuterium enri…
Perihelion observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the IRAM 30-m telescope
N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan, R. Moreno +6
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar comet identified as passing through the Solar System. Its high outgassing activity and favourable perihelion passage on October 29, 2025 UT provi…
Observations of Exocomets
Judith Korth, Azib Norazman, Raphäel Bendahan-West +6
Active small bodies in extrasolar systems, the extrasolar analogues of Solar System comets, provide insights into the orbital evolution and physical processes shaping planetary sys…
Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Martin Cordiner, Nathan X. Roth, Marco Micheli +16
Interstellar objects provide the only directly observable samples of icy planetesimals formed around other stars, and can therefore provide insight into the diversity of physical a…
Coma Physics of an Interstellar Object: JWST Spatial-Spectral Mapping of 3I/ATLAS
Nathan X. Roth, Martin A. Cordiner, Stefanie N. Milam +17
We report a survey of molecular emission from cometary volatiles using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) toward interstellar object 3I/ATLAS carried out on UT 2025 December 22…
An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Nathan X. Roth, Martin Cordiner, Stefanie Milam +15
Interstellar objects are interlopers from other planetary systems, and their volatile compositions provide a glimpse into planet formation around their host star. We present near-i…
A Multi-Wavelength Study of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF): Complementary ALMA and JWST Investigations of Water and Methanol in Cometary Comae
K. D. Foster, M. A. Cordiner, Nathan X. Roth +7
Long-period comets, which are often considered to be representative of material in the protoplanetary disk that formed the Solar System, are ideal to investigate the question of ch…
CHOH and HCN in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Mapped with the ALMA Atacama Compact Array: Distinct Outgassing Behaviors and a Remarkably High CHOH/HCN Production Rate Ratio
Nathan X. Roth, Martin A. Cordiner, Dominique Bockelée-Morvan +15
We report the detection of methanol (CHOH) toward interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the Atacama Compact Array of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) on UT 2…
The Evolution in Coma Molecular Composition of Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) Across the HO Sublimation Zone: ALMA Imaging of an HO-Dominated Coma
Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner +8
We report a survey of molecular emission from cometary volatiles using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS) carried out on UT…
JCMT detection of HCN emission from 3I/ATLAS at 2.1 AU
Iain M. Coulson, Yi-Jehng Kuan, Steven B. Charnley +8
We report the detection of HCN () rotational emission from comet 3I/ATLAS at a heliocentric distance of 2.13 AU with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). Observations w…
JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
Martin A. Cordiner, Nathaniel X. Roth, Michael S. P. Kelley +10
3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our Solar System, and only the second to display a clear coma. Infrared spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescop…
A D/H Ratio Consistent with Earth's Water in Halley-type Comet 12P from ALMA HDO Mapping
M. A. Cordiner, E. L. Gibb, Z. Kisiel +18
Isotopic measurements of Solar System bodies provide a primary paradigm within which to understand the origins and histories of planetary materials. The D/H ratio in particular, he…
First Detection of Molecular Activity in the Largest Known Oort Cloud Comet: ALMA Imaging of C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) at 16.6 au from the Sun
Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner +12
We report observations of comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) carried out on UT 2024 March 8 and 17 at a heliocentric distance () of 16.6 au using the Atac…
A JWST Study of the Remarkable Oort Cloud Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)
Charles E. Woodward, Dominique Bockelee-Morvan, David E. Harker +4
Comets, during their journeys into the inner solar system, deliver volatile gases, organics, and particulates into their comae that provide crucial information for assessing the ph…
Evidence for Surprising Heavy Nitrogen Isotopic Enrichment in Comet 46P/Wirtanen's Hydrogen Cyanide
M. A. Cordiner, K. Darnell, D. Bockeleé-Morvan +9
46P/Wirtanen is a Jupiter-family comet, probably originating from the Solar System's Kuiper belt, that now resides on a 5.4 year elliptical orbit. During its 2018 apparition, comet…
Chemical composition of comets C/2021 A1 (Leonard) and C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from radio spectroscopy and the abundance of HCOOH and HNCO in comets
N. Biver, D. Bockelee-Morvan, B. Handzlik +14
We present the results of a molecular survey of long period comets C/2021 A1 (Leonard) and C/2022 E3 (ZTF). Comet C/2021 A1 was observed with the IRAM 30-m radio telescope in Novem…
Gas Sources from the Coma and Nucleus of Comet 46P/Wirtanen Observed Using ALMA
M. A. Cordiner, N. X. Roth, S. N. Milam +10
Gas-phase molecules in cometary atmospheres (comae) originate primarily from (1) outgassing by the nucleus, (2) sublimation of icy grains in the near-nucleus coma, and (3) coma (ph…
ALMA Observations of the DART Impact: Characterizing the Ejecta at Sub-Millimeter Wavelengths
Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Anthony J. Remijan +12
We report observations of the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Atacama Compact Array (ACA) in support…
A SUBLIME 3D Model for Cometary Coma Emission: the Hypervolatile-Rich Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)
M. A. Cordiner, I. M. Coulson, E. Garcia-Berrios +12
The coma of comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) is one of the most chemically peculiar ever observed, in particular due to its extremely high CO/H2O and N2+/H2O ratios}, and unusual trace…
Leveraging the ALMA Atacama Compact Array for Cometary Science: An Interferometric Survey of Comet C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS) and Evidence for a Distributed Source of Carbon Monosulfide
Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Martin A. Cordiner +6
We report the first survey of molecular emission from cometary volatiles using standalone Atacama Compact Array (ACA) observations of the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Arr…
Unusually High CO Abundance of the First Active Interstellar Comet
M. A. Cordiner, S. N. Milam, N. Biver +12
Comets spend most of their lives at large distances from any star, during which time their interior compositions remain relatively unaltered. Cometary observations can therefore pr…