An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

arXiv:2603.20445 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-03-20 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-03-20

Updated: 2026-10-25

Terminology

• Composition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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