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Table 5

Abundances of selected molecules in ice mantles.

Molecule Predicted abundances (/ H) Predicted abundances (/ s-H2O) Abundance in comets (/s-H2O)(1) 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko(2)


TMC 1 Barnard 1b TMC 1 Barnard 1b
CO 4.0 × 10−5 2.2 × 10−5 3.0 × 10−1 1.3 0.002−0.23
CO2 9.0 × 10−6 7.4 × 10−5 6.8 × 10−2 4.2 0.025−0.30
H2S 3.4 × 10−6 3.3 × 10−6 2.5 × 10−2 1.9 × 10−1 0.0013−0.015 0.0067−0.0175
OCS 3.8 × 10−7 1.1 × 10−6 2.9 × 10−3 6.2 × 10−2 (0.3−4) × 10−3 0.00017−0.00098
SO 5.5 × 10−9 6.3 × 10−8 4.1 × 10−5 3.6 × 10−3 (0.4−3) × 10−3 0.00004−0.000014
SO2 4.0 × 10−11 1.4 × 10−8 3.0 × 10−7 8.0 × 10−4 2 × 10−3 0.00011−0.00041
CS 3.7 × 10−8 7.9 × 10−8 2.8 × 10−4 4.6 × 10−3 (0.2−2) × 10−3
H2CS 4.0 × 10−8 5.2 × 10−8 3.0 × 10−4 3.0 × 10−3 (0.9−9) × 10−4
NS 1.8 × 10−6 2.7 × 10−6 1.3 × 10−2 1.5 × 10−1 (0.6−1.2) × 10−4
S2 1.2 × 10−9 2.8 × 10−9 8.7 × 10−6 1.6 × 10−4 (0.1−25) × 10−4 0.000004−0.000013
H2O 1.3 × 10−4 1.7 × 10−5 1 1

References. (1) Data taken from Bockelée-Morvan & Biver (2017). (2)Taken from Calmonte et al. (2016).

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