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Adam J. McKay
astro-ph.EPastro-ph.GAastro-ph.IMastrobiologyastro-ph.SRcometorganicsvolatiles
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What Does It Mean to be a "Depleted" Comet? High Spectral Resolution Observations of the Prototypical Depleted Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner from McDonald Observatory
with Anita L. Cochran, Tyler Nelson
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Preprints & journals
23 papers in the corpus · 2014–2026IFU Observations of Comet 3I/ATLAS = C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope with the VIRUS Instrument2609.01785v1 · Anita Cochran, Gregory Zeimann, Emmanuel Jehin et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
A Look at Eight Outbursts of Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke2606.25070v1 · Ky Huynh, Michael S. P. Kelley, Jessica M. Sunshine et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
JWST and Gemini Observations of the Active Centaur 450P/LONEOS: Nucleus and Coma Characterizations2605.24260v1 · Charles A. Schambeau, Michael S. P. Kelley, Maria Womack et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Coma Volatile Composition and Thermal Physics in Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Measured Near Closest Approach to Earth with NASA-IRTF2602.07188v1 · Nathan X. Roth, Michael A. DiSanti, Boncho P. Bonev et al.2026 · 0 citationsarXiv
Observations of [O I] emission in Comets C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) and C/2007 N3 (Lulin): Possible Influence of Solar Activity on Oxygen Line Ratios2511.19737v2 · Ella J. Mayfield, Adam J. McKay, Michael S. P. Kelley et al.2025 · 0 citationsarXiv
Watching a Comet Turn On: High Spectral Resolving Power Observations of Comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)2511.00239v1 · Anita L. Cochran, Adam J. McKay, Youssef Moulane2025 · 1 citationarXiv
Infrared Compositional Measurements in Comet C/2017 K2 (Pan-STARRS) at Heliocentric Distances Beyond 2.3 AU2409.05789v1 · Chemeda Ejeta, Erika Gibb, Michael A. DiSanti et al.2024 · 9 citationsarXiv
Inferring the CO2 Abundance in Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková from [O I] Observations: Implications for the Source of Icy Grains in Cometary Comae2401.00956v1 · Mikayla R. Huffman, Adam J. McKay, Anita L. Cochran2024 · 2 citationsarXiv
First detection of CO emission in a Centaur: JWST NIRSpec observations of 39P/Oterma2309.11486v1 · O. Harrington Pinto, M. S. P. Kelley, G. L. Villanueva et al.2023 · 17 citationsarXiv
TU Tau B: The Peculiar 'Eclipse' of a possible proto-Barium Giant2308.10972v1 · Richard O. Gray, Christopher J. Corbally, Michael M. Briley et al.2023 · 1 citationAstronomical Journal 166, 161-170 (2023)
Molecular Outgassing in Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 During Its Exceptional 2021 Outburst: Coordinated Multi-Wavelength Observations Using nFLASH at APEX and iSHELL at the NASA-IRTF2304.14324v1 · Nathan X. Roth, Stefanie N. Milam, Michael A. DiSanti et al.2023 · 8 citationsarXiv
The LCO Outbursting Objects Key Project: Overview and Year 1 Status2206.09028v1 · Tim Lister, Michael S. P. Kelley, Carrie E. Holt et al.2022 · 23 citationsarXiv
The Volatile Carbon to Oxygen Ratio as a Tracer for the Formation Locations of Interstellar Comets2204.13211v2 · Darryl Z. Seligman, Leslie A. Rogers, Samuel H. C. Cabot et al.2022 · 25 citationsarXiv
Organic Matter in Cometary Environments.33430031 · McKay, Adam J, Roth, Nathan X2026 · 24 citationsLife (Basel, Switzerland). 2021;11(1)
Spitzer's Solar System Science Legacy: Studies of the Relics of Solar System Formation & Evolution. Part 1 - Comets, Centaurs, & Kuiper Belt Objects2010.13741v1 · Carey Lisse, James Bauer, Dale Cruikshank et al.2020 · 0 citationsarXiv
What Does It Mean to be a "Depleted" Comet? High Spectral Resolution Observations of the Prototypical Depleted Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner from McDonald Observatory2009.01308v1 · Anita L. Cochran, Tyler Nelson, Adam J. McKay2020 · 7 citationsarXivon Valency
The Crucial Role of Ground- and Space-Based Remote Sensing Studies of Cometary Volatiles in the Next Decade (2023-2032)2007.08568v1 · Nathan X. Roth (1, Dennis Bodewits, Boncho Bonev et al.2020 · 1 citationarXiv
The Peculiar Volatile Composition of CO-Dominated Comet C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS)1907.07208v1 · Adam McKay, Michael DiSanti, Michael Kelley et al.2019 · 82 citationsarXiv
Evolution of HO Production in Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) as Inferred from Forbidden Oxygen and OH Emission1802.06116v1 · Adam J. McKay, Anita L. Cochran, Michael A. DiSanti et al.2018 · 15 citationsarXiv
Observational Constraints on Water Sublimation from 24 Themis and 1 Ceres1609.07156v1 · Adam J. McKay, Dennis Bodewits, Jian-Yang Li2016 · 21 citationsarXiv
The CO2 Abundance in Comets C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS), C/2012 K5 (LINEAR), and 290P/Jager as Measured with Spitzer1510.02165v2 · Adam J. McKay, Michael S.P. Kelley, Anita L. Cochran et al.2015 · 25 citationsarXiv
Evolution of HO, CO, and CO Production in Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd During the 2011-2012 Apparition1412.7410v1 · Adam J. McKay, Anita L. Cochran, Michael A. DiSanti et al.2014 · 44 citationsarXiv
The Evolving Activity of the Dynamically Young Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd)1403.0092v1 · D. Bodewits, T.L. Farnham, M.F. A'Hearn et al.2014 · 56 citationsarXiv
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