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Observations of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with IRAM telescopes

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We present the results of millimetre-wave spectroscopic and continuum observations of the comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) undertaken with the Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 30-m and the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) telescopes on 22, 25–27 July, and 7 August 2020. Production rates of HCN, HNC, CH 3 OH CS, H 2 CO, CH 3 CN, H 2 S, and CO were determined with upper limits on six other species. The comet shows abundances within the range observed for other comets. The CO abundance is low (3.2% relative to water), while H 2 S is relatively abundant (1.1% relative to water). The H 2 CO abundance shows a steep variation with heliocentric distance, possibly related to a distributed production from the dust or macro-molecular source. The CH 3 OH and H 2 S production rates show a slower decrease post-perihelion than water. There was no detection of the nucleus point source contribution based on the interferometric map of the continuum (implying a size of r < 4.7 km), but this yielded an estimate of the dust production rate, leading to a relatively low dust-to-gas ratio of 0.7 ± 0.3 on 22.4 July 2020.
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insu-04240480 , version 1 (13-10-2023)

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N. Biver, J. Boissier, D. Bockelée-Morvan, J. Crovisier, H. Cottin, et al.. Observations of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) with IRAM telescopes. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2022, 668, pp.A171. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202244970⟩. ⟨insu-04240480⟩
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