| Literature DB >> 9497286 |
R Meier1, T C Owen, D C Jewitt, H E Matthews, M Senay, N Biver, D Bockel e-Morvan, J Crovisier, D Gautier.
Abstract
Deuterated hydrogen cyanide (DCN) was detected in a comet, C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp), with the use of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. The inferred deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratio in hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is (D/H)HCN = (2.3 +/- 0.4) x 10(-3). This ratio is higher than the D/H ratio found in cometary water and supports the interstellar origin of cometary ices. The observed values of D/H in water and HCN imply a kinetic temperature >/=30 +/- 10 K in the fragment of interstellar cloud that formed the solar system.Entities:
Keywords: NASA Discipline Exobiology; Non-NASA Center
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9497286 DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5357.1707
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728