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Table 4

Production rates.

UT date Molecule rh Production rate Lines(a)
(yyyy/mm/dd) (au) (1025 molec. s−1)
21P/Giacobini-Zinner

1998/10/30–35 HCN 1.071 3.5 ± 0.5 2
CH3OH 71 ± 10 5
CS 3.3 ± 0.5 1
H2CO(b) 5.5 ± 2.1 1
HNC <0.45 (1)
CO <100 (1)
1998/11/10–16 HCN 1.044 2.5 ± 0.2 2
CH3OH 41 ± 10 5
H2CO(b) <11.5 (1)
H2S <10.8 (1)

2018/09/14–18 HCN 1.017 3.4 ± 0.1 2
CH3OH 53.9 ± 3.3 15
CH3CN 0.78 ± 0.10 4
H2CO(b) 5.5 ± 2.2 (4)
H2S 2.8 ± 1.0 1
CS 2.3 ± 0.2 1
CO <489 (1)
HNC <0.34 (1)
HC3N <0.49 (6)
OCS <17.8 (2)
SO(c) <13.7 (1)
HNCO <2.6 (2)
HCOOH <18.8 (3)
NH2CHO <1.3 (8)
CH3CHO <11.9 (6)

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák

2017/04/26.0 HCN 1.061 0.38 ± 0.03 1
CH3OH 15.3 ± 1.7 (22)
CO <85 (1)
2017/05/01.0 HCN 1.074 0.29 ± 0.06 1
CH3 OH 6.6 ± 3.5 (22)
CH3 CN <0.35 (8)
HC3 N <0.39 (2)
H2 S <2.2 (1)

2017/04/26–31 HCN 1.065 0.36 ± 0.03 1
CH3 OH 14.0 ± 1.5 (30)
HNCO <1.0 (2)
H2 CO(b) <5.2 (2)
HNC <0.074 (1)
CS <0.48 (2)
OCS <8.9 (4)
SO(c) <8.2 (1)
SO2 <2.5 (14)

64P/Swift-Gehrels

2018/12/11.75 HCN 1.465 1.20 ± 0.12 1
CH3 OH 38 ± 6 11
2018/12/17.95 CH3 OH 1.490 28 ± 2 10
CS 0.9 ± 0.3 1
SO <3.8 (2)
SO(c) <11.2 (2)
HNCO <1.1 (1)

38P/Stephan-Oterma

2018/12/12–18 CH3 OH 1.65 25 ± 7 (13)
2018/12/13.12 H2 S 1.639 <13.9 (1)
2018/12/13–18 CS 1.64 <1.8 (2)
2018/12/12–13 H2 CO(d) 1.637 <2.9 (3)
2018/12/12.12 CO 1.636 <378 (1)

Notes. (a)Number of lines used for the determination of Q, in parenthesis if not all detected individually. (b)Assumed parent scale length of 5800 km. (c)SO assumed to be the daughter product of SO2. (d)Assumed parent scale length of 8000 km.

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