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Table 4

Comparison of daughter molecules and possible parent molecule production rates derived from optical and infrared data of comet 21Pin the 2018 passage.

UT date rh Production rates (1025mol s−1) Reference

(au) (au) Q(OH) Q(H2O) Q(CN) Q(HCN) Q(C2) Q(C2H2) Q(C2H6) Q(NH) Q(NH3)
2018 Jul 30 1.17 0.61 1810 ± 28 4.55 ± 0.07 1.26 ± 0.07 3.13 ± 0.50 This work
2018 Jul 30 1.17 0.61 2401 ± 394 <3.20 <4.52 4.49 ± 1.45 <63.72 Faggi et al. (2019)
2018 Jul 31 1.16 0.59 2503 ± 385 6.16 ± 0.12 (a) <1.80 (a) 6.05 ± 0.77 <16.19 (a) Roth et al. (2020)
2018 Sep 07 1.01 0.39 3036 ± 357 3206 ± 112 10.60 ± 1.10 Roth et al. (2020)
2018 Sep 09 1.01 0.39 2623 ± 586 4.30 ± 0.32 <0.62 8.30 ± 1.38 <12.59 Faggi et al. (2019)
2018 Sep 09 1.01 0.39 2360 ± 33 4.39 ± 0.07 1.67 ± 0.06 5.66 ± 0.38 This work
2018 Oct 07 1.07 0.49 2583 ± 864 4.55 ± 1.44 Faggi et al. (2019)
2018 Oct 08 1.08 0.49 834 ± 25 1.68 ± 0.05 0.40 ± 0.06 1.07 ± 0.35 This work
2018 Oct 10 1.10 0.51 2028 ± 255 2.92 ± 0.39 Roth et al. (2020)

Notes. (a) From Roth et al. (2018) measured on July 29, 2018. Upper limits are 3σ for the results of Roth et al. (2020) and Faggi et al. (2019).

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