Table 4

Rel. abundance of nitrogen-bearing species with respect to water in [%].

Comet NH3 HCN HNCO HNC CH3CN HC3N

1P/Halley 1.5[1,4] 0.1[2,3]; 0.2[4]
C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 0.7[5] 0.25[6,7] 0.1[6] 0.04[6] 0.02[6] 0.02[6]
C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) 0.5[8,9] 0.1[10,11]–0.2[12] 0.07[11] 0.01[11,13] 0.01[9]
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) 0.14[14]; 0.6[15] 0.0066[14] 0.028[14]
C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) 0.61[17] 0.14[16]; 0.19[17] 0.025[16]
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) 0.16[16] 0.021[16]
103P/Hartley 2 0.44[18]; 0.50–0.84[19]; 0.53–1.08[20] 0.26[18]; 0.24–0.27[19]; 0.2–0.28[20]
73P/SW3/B <0.16–0.34[21] 0.16–0.24[31]; 0.28[21]; 0.13[22] 0.08–0.1[31] <0.001[22] 0.02–0.03[31]
73P/SW3/C <0.33[21]; <0.29[21] 0.15–0.22[31]; 0.211–0.30[21]; 0.17–0.21[23] 0.07–0.1[31] 0.016–0.037[31]
2P/Encke 0.09[24]
9P/Tempel 1 before impact 0.18[25]; 0.11[26]
9P/Tempel 1 after impact 0.21[25]; 0.215[27]
6P/d’Arrest 0.52[28] 0.034[28]
17P/Holmes <0.33[28] 0.538[29]
21P/Giacobini-Zinner <0.18-0.27[30]
67P/ summer hemisphere 0.06[32] 0.09[32] 0.016[32] a) 0.006[32] <2e–5[32]
67P/ winter hemisphere 0.15[32] 0.62[32] 0.031[32] a) 0.016[32] <5e–4[32]

Notes. This table is based on Table 1 in Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2004) and Table 4 in Mumma & Charnley (2011). References: [1] Meier et al. (1994); [2] Despois et al. (1986); [3] Schloerb et al. (1987); [4] Rubin et al. (2011); [5] Bird et al. (1997); [6] Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2000); [7] Magee-Sauer et al. (1999); [8] Palmer et al. (1996); [9] Bockelée-Morvan (1997); [10] Biver et al. (1999); [11] Lis et al. (1997a); [12] Magee-Sauer et al. (2002); [13] Irvine et al. (1996); [14] Biver et al. (2006) (values at 1.1 AU); [15] Magee-Sauer et al. (2008) (9.5 July 2001); [16] Biver et al. (2014); [17] Paganini et al. (2014); [18] Mumma et al. (2011) (22 October 2010); [19] Dello Russo et al. (2011); [20] Kawakita et al. (2013); [21] Dello Russo et al. (2007); [22] Lis et al. (2008); [23] Villanueva et al. (2006); [24] Radeva et al. (2013); [25] Mumma et al. (2005); [26] Biver et al. (2007); [27] DiSanti et al. (2007b); [28] Dello Russo et al. (2009) (11 August 2008); [29] Dello Russo et al. (2008) (27.6 October 2008, rh = 2.45 UA); [30] Weaver et al. (1999); [31] Biver et al. (2008); [32] this work; comments: a) cannot be distinguished from HCN by ROSINA.

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