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Table 2. Other species observed in comet, circumstellar, and interstallar sources at IR and UV wavelengths, but not included in Table 4.


Empirical
Formula
Name Isotopic
Species
Spectral
Region
CA
Number
Reference

Interstellar and Circumstellar Species
CH3 Methyl CH3 IR [2229-07-7] Feu00
CH4 Methane CH4 IR [74-82-8] Lac91
CO2 Carbon dioxide CO2 IR [124-38-9] Jus96
C2 Carbon molecule C2 UV [12070-15-4] Cha80
C2H2 Ethyne (acetylene) HCCH IR [74-86-2] Lac89
C2H4 Ethylene H2CCH2 IR [74-85-11] Cer01a
C2H6 Ethane CH3CH3 IR [74-84-0] Wea99
C4H2 1,3-Butadiyne HCCCCH IR [460-12-8] Cer01a
C5 Pentacarbon molecule C5 IR [12595-82-3] Ber89
C6H2 1,3,5-Hexatriyne HCCCCCCH IR [3161-99-7] Cer01a
C6H6 Benzene C6H6 IR [71-43-2] Cer01
HN Imidogen HN UV [13774-92-0] Mey91Swi41
HS Mercapto (thiohydroxyl) SH IR [13940-21-1] Yam00
H2 Hydrogen H2 UV [1333-74-0] Car70
H4Si Silane SiH4 IR [7803-62-5] Kea93

Species Observed Only in Comets.
CN+ Cyanogen ion CN+ UV [12539-57-0] Val92
CN2 Cyano imidogen NCN UV [1884-64-6] Val92
CO2+ Carbon dioxide ion CO2+ UV [12181-61-2] Swi50
HO+ Oxoniumylidene OH+ UV [12259-29-9] Val92
H2O+ Oxoniumyl H2O+ UV [56583-62-1] Weh74
N2+ Nitrogen ion N2+ UV [13966-04-6] Lut93
S2 Sulfur S2 UV [23550-45-0] A'H83

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