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26 August 2025 at 11:58 am
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An ApJL preprint on archive today “JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS”
Says the coma is CO2 dominated, with enhanced outgassing in the sunward direction, and the presence of H2O, CO, OCS, water ice and dust. The coma CO2/H2O mixing ratio is among the highest ever observed in a comet – the authors discuss why this might be the case depending on its origins.
