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The James Webb Space Telescope, using its NIRSpec instrument on August 6, observed the comet’s coma, revealing it is extremely rich in CO2 relative to water—one of the highest CO2/H2O ratios ever seen in a comet. The coma also contains H2O, CO, OCS, water ice, and dust, suggesting an intrinsically CO2-rich nucleus.a recent astrophysics study (August 1) confirms typical comet-like traits: spin period ~16.16 h, increasing dust activity, surface reddening, weak dust mass-loss rates (0.3–4.2 kg/s), and no visible tail—likely due to the viewing geometry and low dust production. Moreover, ultraviolet data from the Swift Observatory (July 31–Aug 1) detected OH emission, confirming water vapor activity at ~40 kg/s—remarkable considering the comet’s distance (3.5 AU).
Its a comet. Nothing ever happens retards.
