Ice-coated Pebble Drift as a Possible Explanation for Peculiar Cometary CO/H2O Ratios

Author:

Price Ellen M.ORCID,Cleeves L. IlsedoreORCID,Bodewits DennisORCID,Öberg Karin I.ORCID

Abstract

Abstract To date, at least three comets—2I/Borisov, C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS), and C/2009 P1 (Garradd)—have been observed to have unusually high CO concentrations compared to water. We attempt to explain these observations by modeling the effect of drifting solid (ice and dust) material on the ice compositions in protoplanetary disks. We find that, independent of the exact disk model parameters, we always obtain a region of enhanced ice-phase CO/H2O that spreads out in radius over time. The inner edge of this feature coincides with the CO snowline. Almost every model achieves at least CO/H2O of unity, and one model reaches a CO/H2O ratio >10. After running our simulations for 1 Myr, an average of 40% of the disk ice mass contains more CO than H2O ice. In light of this, a population of CO-ice-enhanced planetesimals are likely to generally form in the outer regions of disks, and we speculate that the aforementioned CO-rich comets may be more common, both in our own solar system and in extrasolar systems, than previously expected.

Funder

Simons Foundation

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Virginia Space Grant Consortium

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Astronomical Society

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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