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SPHEREx 3.0/4.26/4.7 μm H2O/CO2/CO gas coma from left to right respectively. The object is undetected in H2O and CO, with 2-pixel radius preliminary conservative upper limits of 0.45 and 0.99
Possible interior compositions of 55 Cnc e. Compositions consistent within the 1σ, 2σ, and 3σ M-R uncertainties are shown in orange, dark teal, and light teal, respectively. The red dashed
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