Table 2

Number densities of the main volatiles as detected with RTOF, scaled to a distance of 1 km from the center of the nucleus for the seven periods described in Table 1.

H2O (cm−3 km2) CO2 (cm−3 km2) CO (cm−3 km2)



Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 Q2 Q3
A 1.99 × 109 3.13 × 109 6.22 × 109 4.16 × 108 5.96 × 108 8.48 × 108 7.15 × 108 1.15 × 109 2.37 × 109
B 2.81 × 109 6.16 × 109 1.25 × 1010 3.82 × 108 1.14 × 109 2.96 × 109 1.98 × 108 5.77 × 108 1.55 × 109
C 1.16 × 1011 1.39 × 1011 1.87 × 1011 3.05 × 109 5.14 × 109 8.5 × 109 7.11 × 109 1.17 × 1010 1.84 × 1010
D 1.11 × 1012 1.65 × 1012 2.24 × 1012 7.32 × 1010 1.5 × 1011 2.8 × 1011 1.12 × 1011 2.35 × 1011 4.31 × 1011
E 3.79 × 1010 7.18 × 1010 1.16 × 1011 4.16 × 109 8.15 × 109 1.69 × 1010 8.54 × 109 1.67 × 1010 2.87 × 1010
F 3.13 × 109 5.37 × 109 1.02 × 1010 6.07 × 108 2.82 × 109 1.02 × 1010 1.07 × 109 2.30 × 109 4.11 × 109
G 1.64 × 109 2.76 × 109 5.2 × 109 5.98 × 108 1.77 × 109 5.04 × 109 4.26 × 108 1.05 × 109 1.99 × 109

Notes. Given values are lower quartile (Q1, i.e. 25%), median (Q2), and upper quartile (Q3, i.e. 75%) for H2O, CO2, and CO.

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