The Organic Composition Of The Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Revealed At Infrared Wavelengths

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We report quantitative measurements of organic volatiles and water in Comet C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) obtained with NIRSPEC at Keck-2 on Mauna Kea on Nov. 25, 2001 (UT date). Emission from multiple parent species (including H2O, HCN, CH4, C2H2, C2H6, H2CO, CH3OH) and from OH prompt emission was detected. We will present spectra, rotational temperatures, production rates, relative abundances of organic molecules with respect to H2O, and the ortho-para ratio for H2O.
We gratefully acknowledge support from NASA Planetary Astronomy Program to M.J.M, M.A.D., and N.D.R., and from NSF-RUI to K.M.S.

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