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Coma Physics of an Interstellar Object: JWST Spatial-Spectral Mapping of 3I/ATLAS

Nathan X. Roth , Martin A. Cordiner , Stefanie N. Milam , Geronimo L. Villanueva , Steven B. Charnley , Nicolas Biver , Dominique Bockelee-Morvan , Dennis Bodewits
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Steven J. Bromley Jacques Crovisier Maria N. Drozdovskaya Sara Faggi Davide Farnocchia Kenji Furuya Michael S.P. Kelley Marco Micheli John W. Noonan Cyrielle Opitom Megan E. Schwamb Cristina A. Thomas
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JWST spatial-spectral maps show apolar volatiles anisotropically distributed in the coma of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS while polar ones are symmetric.

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The paper reports JWST observations of molecular emissions from 3I/ATLAS at 2.37-2.41 au, detecting CO, CO2, H2O, CH3OH and CH4. CO is the most abundant, with H2O and CO2 each about 40 percent relative to CO. The derived maps of column density and rotational temperature are highly anisotropic for apolar species but nearly symmetric for polar molecules. This pattern is taken to show that the volatiles were already segregated in the nucleus ices and to expose the heating and cooling processes at work in the coma. The ortho-to-para ratio for water stays constant with distance at 2.7 plus or minus 0.2, slightly below the equilibrium value of 3.

Core claim

Spatial-spectral maps from JWST show that column density and rotational temperature distributions of apolar species in the coma of 3I/ATLAS are highly anisotropic, while those for polar species are more nearly symmetric. These results demonstrate how volatiles were segregated in the nucleus ices of 3I/ATLAS and reveal heating and cooling mechanisms in its coma. Derived maps of the ortho-to-para ratio for H2O are flat with increasing distance from the nucleus and consistent with a coma-averaged value of 2.7 plus or minus 0.2.

What carries the argument

Spatial-spectral maps of column density and rotational temperature for detected molecular species, compared between apolar and polar volatiles.

Load-bearing premise

That the observed anisotropy in spatial distributions of column density and temperature directly indicates segregation of volatiles in the nucleus ices rather than arising from projection effects, variable excitation, or other unmodeled coma dynamics.

What would settle it

Radiative transfer models assuming isotropic emission from the nucleus that fully reproduce the observed anisotropic column density and temperature maps without invoking ice segregation.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2603.20460 by Cristina A. Thomas, Cyrielle Opitom, Davide Farnocchia, Dennis Bodewits, Dominique Bockelee-Morvan, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Jacques Crovisier, John W. Noonan, Kenji Furuya, Marco Micheli, Maria N. Drozdovskaya, Martin A. Cordiner, Megan E. Schwamb, Michael S.P. Kelley, Nathan X. Roth, Nicolas Biver, Sara Faggi, Stefanie N. Milam, Steven B. Charnley, Steven J. Bromley.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: JWST spectrum of 3I/ATLAS extracted in a 1′′ .5 diameter aperture centered on the nucleus position. Major species are labeled. CO2 and CH4 display a simpler morphology with apparent excess in the projected anti-sunward direction. The anti-sunward excess of CO2 may be an effect of an asymmetry in vexp if the asymmetry were not sufficiently strong to be reflected in the CO map. Alternatively, the contrasting… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Upper Panels. Maps of N × ρ for CO, CO2, CH4, CH3OH, and H2O. The white arrow shows the projected direction of the Sun. Lower. Maps of molecular rotational temperatures. 1000 0 1000 Distance North (km) S 1000 0 1000 Distance West (km) 1000 0 1000 Distance North (km) 1000 0 1000 Distance West (km) 1000 0 1000 Distance West (km) 1000 0 1000 Distance West (km) 0.5 1.0 1.5 N(o-H2O)× [10 24 m 1 ] 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Upper Panels Maps of N × ρ for ortho-H2O and para-H2O, the derived OPR, and Trot(H2O). Lower Panels. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each of the respective quantities in the upper panels. 4. DISCUSSION AND INTERPRETATION 4.1. Evolving Heterogeneous Outgassing Our measurements reveal a CO-driven coma in 3I/ATLAS (CO2/CO = (42.4±0.9)% and H2O/CO = (44.4±0.7)%) with a complex outgassing geometry which varies … view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Left. Observed azimuthally averaged T rot for CO, CO2, CH4, CH3OH, and H2O. Right. Modeled Trot as a function of nucleocentric distance for CO, CH3OH, and H2O using the SUBLIME radiative transfer code. The black dashed vertical line shows the projected radial distance of the 1′′ .5 diameter nucleus-centered aperture from which representative Q’s were extracted for each molecule ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Histogram of spaxel-by-spaxel OPR values for H2O drawn within a 10-spaxel radius of the comet photocenter [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Upper. 3I/ATLAS 3 µm spectrum with total molecular emission model and spectral baseline shown. Lower. Baseline-subtracted spectrum with individual molecular models and the 1σ noise envelope overplotted. reported by M. Belyakov et al. (2026) based on MIRI observations of 3I/ATLAS conducted on nearby dates to the NIRSpec observations reported here [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_6.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Baseline-subtracted Ni I 3.119 µm and 3.915 µm spectra in 3I/ATLAS extracted from a nucleus-centered 1. ′′5 diameter aperture [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p013_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: N(Ni I) map of the 3.119 µm transition in 3I/ATLAS [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_8.png] view at source ↗
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We report a survey of molecular emission from cometary volatiles using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) toward interstellar object 3I/ATLAS carried out on UT 2025 December 22 and 23 at a heliocentric distance ($r_H$) of $2.37-2.41$ au. These measurements of CO, CO$_2$, H$_2$O, CH$_3$OH, and CH$_4$ sampled molecular chemistry in 3I/ATLAS as it receded from its encounter with our Sun and entered the vicinity of the H$_2$O ice line -- the region between $r_H$ = $2-3$ au where the temperature becomes too low for H$_2$O to vigorously sublime and CO and CO$_2$ begin to control the overall activity. CO was the most abundant molecule, followed by H$_2$O and CO$_2$, whose molecular abundances with respect to CO were $(40.5\pm3.1)\%$ and ($41.6\pm0.3)\%$, respectively. This work presents spatial-spectral maps of column density and rotational temperature as a function of distance from the nucleus for all detected species. The spatial distributions of both quantities were highly anisotropic for the apolar species in the coma of 3I/ATLAS, yet were more nearly symmetric for the polar molecules. These results demonstrate how volatiles were segregated in the nucleus ices of 3I/ATLAS and reveal heating and cooling mechanisms in its coma. Derived maps of the ortho-to-para ratio (OPR) for H$_2$O were flat with increasing distance from the nucleus and consistent with a coma-averaged value $\mathrm{OPR}=2.7\pm0.2$, slightly less than the expected equilibrium value of three.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports JWST observations of molecular volatiles in the coma of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS at heliocentric distances 2.37-2.41 au. It measures relative abundances of H2O (40.5±3.1%) and CO2 (41.6±0.3%) with respect to CO, presents spatial-spectral maps of column density and rotational temperature for CO, CO2, H2O, CH3OH, and CH4, and finds highly anisotropic distributions for the apolar species versus near-symmetric distributions for the polar species. These patterns are interpreted as direct evidence for volatile segregation in the nucleus ices, with an additional flat OPR map for H2O yielding a coma-averaged value of 2.7±0.2.

Significance. If the link between the reported anisotropies and nucleus ice heterogeneity can be secured, the work would provide rare constraints on the internal volatile distribution of an interstellar object and on coma thermal processes near the water ice line. The JWST spatial-spectral capability is a clear technical strength that enables direct comparison of multiple species at high angular resolution.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract and Discussion: The claim that the anisotropic column-density and temperature maps for apolar species (CO, CO2, CH4) versus symmetric maps for polar species (H2O, CH3OH) demonstrate segregation of volatiles in the nucleus ices is not supported by quantitative forward modeling or inversion. No test is presented to exclude line-of-sight projection of an asymmetric outflow, species-dependent rotational excitation biases, or differential coma dynamics (radiation pressure, velocity sorting, or collisional cooling) as the origin of the observed contrast.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract would benefit from a concise statement of the data-reduction pipeline and the method used to propagate uncertainties into the spatial maps.
  2. Figure captions for the spatial maps should explicitly state the radial range, beam size, and any smoothing applied to allow readers to assess the significance of the reported anisotropy differences.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful and constructive review of our manuscript. Their comments correctly identify areas where the interpretation of the spatial-spectral maps requires additional qualification. We address the major comment below and have revised the manuscript to temper the strength of the claim while preserving the observational results.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract and Discussion: The claim that the anisotropic column-density and temperature maps for apolar species (CO, CO2, CH4) versus symmetric maps for polar species (H2O, CH3OH) demonstrate segregation of volatiles in the nucleus ices is not supported by quantitative forward modeling or inversion. No test is presented to exclude line-of-sight projection of an asymmetric outflow, species-dependent rotational excitation biases, or differential coma dynamics (radiation pressure, velocity sorting, or collisional cooling) as the origin of the observed contrast.

    Authors: We agree that quantitative forward modeling would strengthen the link between the observed anisotropies and nucleus ice heterogeneity. In the revised manuscript we have added a new paragraph in the Discussion that explicitly considers the alternatives raised. Line-of-sight projection of an asymmetric outflow is unlikely to produce the observed species dichotomy, because polar and apolar molecules would be affected similarly unless their release sites are already segregated on the nucleus; the data show precisely this contrast. Species-dependent rotational excitation is addressed by our multi-line fits and the derived rotational temperatures, which remain consistent across the mapped region. Differential coma dynamics (radiation pressure, velocity sorting, collisional cooling) are discussed in the context of the narrow heliocentric-distance range and the fact that the anisotropy is confined to the apolar species while polar species remain symmetric; such dynamics would not naturally produce this polar/apolar separation. We have changed the wording in the abstract and discussion from “demonstrate” to “suggest” and have added a forward-looking statement that full numerical modeling is needed in future work. These changes qualify the interpretation without altering the reported maps or abundances. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: maps derived from standard spectral reduction; nucleus-segregation claim is interpretive inference

full rationale

The paper reports column-density and rotational-temperature maps obtained directly from JWST spectral line observations of CO, CO2, H2O, CH3OH and CH4 via established conversion methods. The central interpretive statement that observed anisotropy demonstrates volatile segregation in the nucleus ices is presented as a conclusion drawn from the maps, not as a quantity obtained by fitting parameters to the same data or by any equation that reduces the reported result to its inputs by construction. No self-citation chains, ansatzes smuggled via prior work, or uniqueness theorems are invoked to force the result. The derivation therefore remains independent of the target claim and scores at the low end of the expected range for observational papers.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Claims rest on standard cometary spectroscopy assumptions for line-to-column-density conversion and thermal equilibrium models; no new free parameters, axioms beyond domain standards, or invented entities are introduced.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Standard assumptions in cometary spectroscopy for converting observed line intensities to column densities and rotational temperatures.
    Invoked to derive molecular abundances and maps from JWST spectra.

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