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JWST Reveals Refractory-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Silvia Protopapa, Michael S. P. Kelley, Martin A. Cordiner, 2026. ApJL.
NIRSpec PRISM on 2025-08-06, 12-22 and 2026-04-01 (5.7 au): 3-um ice band with weak 1.5/2.0-um bands; refractory-rich ice aggregates; possible crystalline ice at epoch 3.
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Protopapa, S., Kelley, M. S. P., & Cordiner, M. A. (2026). JWST Reveals Refractory-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS. ApJL. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aea60d
@article{protopapa2026jwst,
author = {Protopapa, Silvia and Kelley, Michael S. P. and Cordiner, Martin A.},
title = {JWST Reveals Refractory-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS},
journal = {ApJL},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/aea60d},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.19286}
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Protopapa, Silvia et al.. “JWST Reveals Refractory-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS.” ApJL (2026). https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aea60d.