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A Survey of CO, CO2, and H2O in Comets and Centaurs
Olga Harrington Pinto, Maria Womack, Yanga R. Fernandez +1
CO and CO are the two dominant carbon-bearing molecules in comae and have major roles in driving activity. Their relative abundances also provide strong observational constrain…
CO gas and dust outbursts from Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Kacper Wierzchos, Maria Womack
29P/Schwassmann Wachmann is an unusual solar system object. Originally classified as a short-period comet, it is now known as a Centaur that recently transferred to its current orb…
The Peculiar Volatile Composition of CO-Dominated Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)
Adam McKay, Michael DiSanti, Michael Kelley +14
Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) has a peculiar volatile composition, with CO being the dominant volatile as opposed to HO and one of the largest N/CO ratios ever observed in a…
C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS): A comet rich in CO and depleted in HCN
Kacper Wierzchos, Maria Womack
We observed comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) with the ARO 10-m SMT, and report the first detection of CO emission from this comet with amounts high enough to be the primary driver of ac…
The Distribution, Excitation and Formation of Cometary Molecules: Methanol, Methyl Cyanide and Ethylene Glycol
Anthony J. Remijan, Stefanie N. Milam, Maria Womack +12
We present an interferometric and single dish study of small organic species toward Comets C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) and C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) using the BIMA interferometer at 3 mm and th…