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Table 3

Isotopic abundances in comets adopted from Jehin et al. (2009), Woods (2009), and Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2015).

Isotopic ratio Species Value Comet Reference

12C/13C C2 60±15 West 1976 VI Lambert & Danks (1983)
93±10 4 comets Wyckoff et al. (2000)
85±20 C/2002 T7 Rousselot et al. (2012)
80±20 C/2001 Q4 Rousselot et al. (2012)
94±33 C/2012 S1 Shinnaka et al. (2014)

CN 65±9 1P/Halley Wyckoff et al. (1989)
89±17 1P/Halley Jaworski & Tatum (1991)
95±12 1P/Halley Kleine et al. (1995)
90±15 C/1995 O1 Lis et al. (1997)
165±40 C/1995 O1 Arpigny et al. (2003)
90±10 C/1990 K1 Levy Wyckoff et al. (2000)
85±20 C/1989 X1 Austin Wyckoff et al. (2000)
93±20 C/1989 XIX Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko Wyckoff et al. (2000)

90±10 122P/1995 S1 de Vico Jehin et al. (2004)
90±10 88P/1981 Q1 Howell Hutsemékers et al. (2005)
95±15 9P/ Temple 1 Jehin et al. (2006)
90±20 17P/Holmes Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2008)
91±4 21 comets Manfroid et al. (2009)
95±15 103P/Hartley 2 Jehin et al. (2011)
95±25 C/2012 F6 Decock et al. (2014)

HCN 111±12 C/1995 O1 Jewitt et al. (1997)
94±8 C/1995 O1 Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2008)
114±26 17P/Holmes Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2008)
109±14 C/2014 Q2 Biver et al. (2016)
124±64 C/2012 F6 Biver et al. (2016)

C2H4 83±12 67P Rubin et al. (2017)

C2H5 84±9 67P Rubin et al. (2017)

CO 86±9 67P Rubin et al. (2017)

CO2 84±4 67P This work

16O/18O H2O 518±45 1P/Halley Balsiger et al. (1995)
470±40 1P/Halley Eberhardt et al. (1995)
530±50 4 comets Biver et al. (2007)
425±55 C/2002 T7 Hutsemekers et al. (2008)
300±150 C/2012 F6 Decock et al. (2014)
523±32 C/2009 P1 Bockelée-Morvan et al. (2012)
556±62 67P Altwegg et al. (2015)

CO2 494±8 67P This work

13C16O2/12C18O16O CO2 2.93±0.04 67P This work

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