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Table 2

Average line intensities and production rates of ethylene glycol, formamide, acetaldehyde, and formic acid.

Molecule Freq. Linesa C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)


range 6–8 Apr. 8–12 Nov. 27–31 Nov. 9–16 Dec.
I b Q I b Q I b Q I b Q
(GHz) (mK km s-1) (1026 s-1) (mK km s-1) (1026s-1) (mK km s-1) (1026 s-1) (mK km s-1) (1026 s-1)

(CH2OH)2 213–241 7(6c) > 42 > 5.3 18 ± 6 2.5 ± 0.8 18 ± 4 3.8 ± 0.8
(CH2OH)2 241–270 9 39 ± 5 22 ± 3
(CH2OH)2 245–268 6 > 21 > 3.9 23 ± 4 4.0 ± 0.7 13 ± 4 3.0 ± 0.9
NH2CHO 223–240 5 > 32 > 6.4 38 ± 12 3.2 ± 1.0 17 ± 5 3.1 ± 0.9
NH2CHO 243–261 5 24 ± 7 15 ± 4 34 ± 8 2.2 ± 0.5 21 ± 4 1.7 ± 0.3 16 ± 5 2.4 ± 0.7
NH2CHO 263–267 2 > 54 > 28 > 42 > 2.6 22 ± 8 1.7 ± 0.6 > 24 > 3.4
CH3CHO 242–271 26 9 ± 4 > 7
CH3CHO 211–268 45(39c) > 9 > 0.7 9 ± 2 0.8 ± 0.2 7 ± 2 1.1 ± 0.3
HCOOH 241–268 6 > 24 > 6.0
HCOOH 215–271 20(16c) 12 ± 5 > 0.6 25 ± 3 1.3 ± 0.2 10 ± 2 1.0 ± 0.2

Notes.

(a)

Number of lines – details are provided in Tables 45.

(b)

Weighted average of line integrated intensities Tmbdv.

(c)

For the 27–31 Nov. period.

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