| Literature DB >> 9452379 |
R Meier1, T C Owen, H E Matthews, D C Jewitt, D Bockelée-Morvan, N Biver, J Crovisier, D Gautier.
Abstract
Deuterated water (HDO) was detected in comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) with the use of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The inferred D/H ratio in Hale-Bopp's water is (3.3 +/- 0.8) x 10(-4). This result is consistent with in situ measurements of comet P/Halley and the value found in C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). This D/H ratio, higher than that in terrestrial water and more than 10 times the value for protosolar H2, implies that comets cannot be the only source for the oceans on Earth.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Exobiology; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9452379 DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5352.842
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728