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Ion abundances in the plasma tail of 3I/ATLAS show that it is N2-rich

Lea Ferellec, Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, 2026. MNRAS.

WHT/WEAVE 2025-11-30 and 12-02: N2+, CO+, CO2+, H2O+, CH+; N2/CO >0.023+/-0.001, N2-rich vs Solar System comets.

MYS0DFPTE25MVWR · mystery · click to copyM3I/ATLASArticledoi: 10.1093/mnras/stag14020

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Ferellec, L., Opitom, C., & Snodgrass, C. (2026). Ion abundances in the plasma tail of 3I/ATLAS show that it is N2-rich. MNRAS. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1402
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