Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU
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| author | Ejeta, Chemeda Gibb, Erika DiSanti, Michael A. Kawakita, Hideyo Bonev, Boncho P. Russo, Neil Dello Roth, Nathan Khan, Younas McKay, Adam J. Combi, Michael R. Feaga, Lori Saki, Mohammad Vervack Jr., Ronald J. Shou, Yinsi |
| author_facet | Ejeta, Chemeda Gibb, Erika DiSanti, Michael A. Kawakita, Hideyo Bonev, Boncho P. Russo, Neil Dello Roth, Nathan Khan, Younas McKay, Adam J. Combi, Michael R. Feaga, Lori Saki, Mohammad Vervack Jr., Ronald J. Shou, Yinsi |
| contents | Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) provided a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of coma composition and outgassing patterns over a transitional heliocentric distance (Rh) range where activity drivers in comets are thought to change from "hypervolatile" (CO, CH$_4$, C$_2$H$_6$, and/or CO$_2$)-dominated to H2O-dominated. We performed high-resolution, cross-dispersed, near-infrared spectroscopy of C/2017 K2 with iSHELL at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and NIRSPEC at the W. M. Keck 2 Observatory. We report gas rotational temperatures (Trot) and molecular production rates (Q; mol/s) or upper limits for the hypervolatile species CH$_4$, CO, and C$_2$H$_6$, together with less volatile ices (CH$_3$OH, H$_2$O, HCN, C$_2$H$_2$, NH$_3$, and OCS) over a range of pre-perihelion distances, Rh= 3.15 - 2.35 au. We also report (or stringently constrain) abundance ratios (mixing ratios) of the targeted species with respect to CO, C$_2$H$_6$, and (when detected) H$_2$O. All volatiles were enriched relative to water in C/2017 K2 when compared to their mean values among Oort Cloud comets, whereas abundances relative to C2H6 were consistent with their average values from other long-period comets. |
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| spellingShingle | Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU Ejeta, Chemeda Gibb, Erika DiSanti, Michael A. Kawakita, Hideyo Bonev, Boncho P. Russo, Neil Dello Roth, Nathan Khan, Younas McKay, Adam J. Combi, Michael R. Feaga, Lori Saki, Mohammad Vervack Jr., Ronald J. Shou, Yinsi Earth and Planetary Astrophysics A.0 Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) provided a rare opportunity to investigate the evolution of coma composition and outgassing patterns over a transitional heliocentric distance (Rh) range where activity drivers in comets are thought to change from "hypervolatile" (CO, CH$_4$, C$_2$H$_6$, and/or CO$_2$)-dominated to H2O-dominated. We performed high-resolution, cross-dispersed, near-infrared spectroscopy of C/2017 K2 with iSHELL at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and NIRSPEC at the W. M. Keck 2 Observatory. We report gas rotational temperatures (Trot) and molecular production rates (Q; mol/s) or upper limits for the hypervolatile species CH$_4$, CO, and C$_2$H$_6$, together with less volatile ices (CH$_3$OH, H$_2$O, HCN, C$_2$H$_2$, NH$_3$, and OCS) over a range of pre-perihelion distances, Rh= 3.15 - 2.35 au. We also report (or stringently constrain) abundance ratios (mixing ratios) of the targeted species with respect to CO, C$_2$H$_6$, and (when detected) H$_2$O. All volatiles were enriched relative to water in C/2017 K2 when compared to their mean values among Oort Cloud comets, whereas abundances relative to C2H6 were consistent with their average values from other long-period comets. |
| title | Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics A.0 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05789 |