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Table B.1

Molecular abundances in Orion and in Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Species Comet Orion Position A Orion Position B

Abundance Column Abundance Column Abundance
rel. to H2O density (cm-2) rel. to H2O density (cm-2) rel. to H2O
( × 100) ( × 100)

H2Oa 100 (3 ± 1) × 1019 100 (2.0 ± 0.6) × 1019 100
HCNa 0.9 (4 ± 1) × 1017 1.3 (2.0 ± 0.6) × 1017 1.0
COb 1.2 (4 ± 1) × 1019 130 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1019 50
CH3NH2 0.6 (4 ± 1) × 1015 0.01 (4 ± 1) × 1015 0.02
CH3CNc 0.3 (7 ± 3) × 1016 0.2 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1017 0.5
HNCO 0.3 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1017 0.3 (7 ± 3) × 1016 0.35
CH3CHO 0.5 (1.6 ± 0.5) × 1015 0.005 (1.4 ± 0.3) × 1015 0.0075
HCONH2 1.8 (4 ± 1) × 1015 0.01 (7 ± 3) × 1014 0.0035
CH3CH2NH2d 0.3 (4 ± 1) × 1014 0.001 (2 ± 1) × 1014 0.001
CH3NCO 1.3 (7 ± 3) × 1015 0.02 (4 ± 1) × 1015 0.02
CH3COCH3 0.3 (1.4 ± 0.4) × 1016 0.04 (1.1 ± 0.3) × 1016 0.055
CH3CH2CHOd 0.1 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1015 0.003 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1015 0.005
CH3CONH2 0.7 (1.2 ± 0.4) × 1015 0.004 (3 ± 1) × 1014 0.0015
CH2OHCHO 0.4 (7 ± 3) × 1014 0.002 (4 ± 1) × 1014 0.002
OHCH2CH2OH 0.2 (9 ± 3) × 1015 0.03 (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1015 0.005
CH3OH (3 ± 1) × 1018 10 (9 ± 3) × 1017 4.5
CH3OCOH (9 ± 3) × 1016 0.3 (6 ± 2) × 1016 0.3
CH3COOH (1.0 ± 0.3) × 1016 0.03 (3 ± 1) × 1015 0.015
CH3CH2CN (3 ± 1) × 1016 0.1 (3 ± 1) × 1016 0.15

Notes.

(a)

[D]/[H] = 0.003; from [HDO]/[H2O] (Neill et al. 2013);

(b)

[16O]/[18O] = 250; from [16OCS]/[18OCS] (Tercero et al. 2010);

(c)

[12C]/[13C] = 45 (Tercero et al. 2010);

(d)

Only the lowest energy conformer, trans for CH3CH2NH2 and cis for CH3CH2CHO.

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