C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) spectra Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors

1. Biver N.
2. Bockelee-Morvan D.
3. Debout V.
4. Crovisier J.
5. Boissier J.,Lis D.C.
6. Dello Russo N.
7. Moreno R.
8. Colom P.
9. Paubert G.
10. Vervack R.,Weaver H.A.

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Abstract

A spectral survey in the 1mm wavelength range was undertaken in the long-period comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) using the 30m telescope of the Institut de radioastronomie millimetrique (IRAM) in April and November-December 2013. We report the detection of ethylene glycol (CH_2OH)_2 (aGg' conformer) and formamide (NH_2CHO) in the two comets. The abundances relative to water of ethylene glycol and formamide are 0.2-0.3% and 0.02% in the two comets, similar to the values measured in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp). We also report the detection of HCOOH and CH_3_CHO in comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy), and a search for other complex species (methyl formate, glycolaldehyde).

Keywords

1. comets
2. radio-astronomy
3. radio-spectroscopy

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2014A&A...566L...5B

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