# Martin A. Cordiner · Person

> NASA Goddard astrochemist; led JWST program 5094 and the CO2 and isotope results. In 3I/ATLAS.

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# Martin A. Cordiner

NASA Goddard astrochemist; led JWST program 5094 and the CO2 and isotope results

[3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)[3 events][3 sources]

Martin A. Cordiner is a NASA Goddard astrochemist, and appears in the record of 3I/ATLAS as NASA Goddard astrochemist; led JWST program 5094 and the CO2 and isotope results.

Three events on the site involve Cordiner, from JWST finds a coma dominated by carbon dioxide (6 Aug 2025) to Nature: older than the Sun, from a cold birthplace (22 Jun 2026).

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## In the mysteries

**3I/ATLAS**

NASA Goddard astrochemist; led JWST program 5094 and the CO2 and isotope results · 3 events · 2 sources

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas)

## What Martin A. Cordiner did 3

6 Aug 2025[JWST finds a coma dominated by carbon dioxide](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS41KA/jwst-finds-a-coma-dominated-by-carbon-dioxide)

with [NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa)

22 Dec 2025[JWST measures the deuterium and carbon isotopes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS6MTH/jwst-measures-the-deuterium-and-carbon-isotopes)

with [Nathan X. Roth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARW3QY/nathan-x-roth) · [NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa)

22 Jun 2026[Nature: older than the Sun, from a cold birthplace](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/events/EVT0DFQ70AS2M9D/nature-older-than-the-sun-from-a-cold-birthplace)

with [NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa) · [European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency)

## Worked with 1

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**Nathan X. Roth**

3I/ATLAS

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/people/FIG0DFQ70ARW3QY/nathan-x-roth)

## Organisations 2

[NASA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARX22D/nasa)

ORG

[European Space Agency](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/3i-atlas/organisations/ORG0DFQ70ARZRD6/european-space-agency)

ORG

## Sources 3

[JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CSKBDB607EW/jwst-detection-of-a-carbon-dioxide-dominated-gas-coma)

SRC

[Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPWGSFXVMV/isotopic-evidence-for-a-cold-and-distant-origin-of-the)

SRC

[JWST program 5094: Composition of an Interstellar Object](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFPZ6F4J3TC/jwst-program-5094-composition-of-an-interstellar-object)

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SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Martin A. Cordiner [Person FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DFQ70ARS7G7
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NASA Goddard astrochemist; led JWST program 5094 and the CO2 and isotope results

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