67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a Jupiter family comet with a high D/H ratio

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作者
Altwegg, K. [1 ]
Balsiger, H. [1 ]
Bar-Nun, A. [2 ]
Berthelier, J. J. [3 ]
Bieler, A. [1 ,4 ]
Bochsler, P. [1 ]
Briois, C. [5 ]
Calmonte, U. [1 ]
Combi, M. [4 ]
De Keyser, J. [6 ]
Eberhardt, P. [1 ]
Fiethe, B. [7 ]
Fuselier, S. [8 ]
Gasc, S. [1 ]
Gombosi, T. I. [4 ]
Hansen, K. C. [4 ]
Haessig, M. [1 ,8 ]
Jaeckel, A. [1 ]
Kopp, E. [1 ]
Korth, A. [9 ]
Leroy, L. [1 ]
Mall, U. [9 ]
Marty, B. [10 ]
Mousis, O. [11 ]
Neefs, E. [6 ]
Owen, T. [12 ]
Reme, H. [13 ,14 ]
Rubin, M. [1 ]
Semon, T. [1 ]
Tzou, C. -Y. [1 ]
Waite, H. [8 ]
Wurz, P. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bern, Inst Phys, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
[2] Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Geosci, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
[3] LATMOS, F-94100 St Maur, France
[4] Univ Michigan, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Hayward, MI USA
[5] Univ Orleans, Lab Phys & Chim Environm & Espace LPC2E, CNRS, UMR 6115, F-45067 Orleans, France
[6] IASB, BIRA, Space Phys Div, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
[7] Tech Univ Carolo Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Inst Comp & Network Engn IDA, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
[8] SW Res Inst, Dept Space Sci, San Antonio, TX 78228 USA
[9] Max Planck Inst Sonnensyst Forsch, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
[10] Univ Lorraine, Ctr Rech Petrograph & Geochim, CRPG, CNRS, F-54501 Vandoeuvre Les Nancy, France
[11] Univ Franche Comte, Inst Univers Transport Interfaces Nanostruct Atmo, CNRS, INSU,UMR 6213, F-6213 Besancon, France
[12] Univ Hawaii, Inst Astron, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[13] Univ Toulouse 3, Univ Toulouse, OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France
[14] CNRS, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse 4, France
基金
欧洲研究理事会; 瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
OORT CLOUD; SOLAR-SYSTEM; NOBLE-GASES; WATER; DEUTERIUM; ORIGIN; ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN; EARTH;
D O I
10.1126/science.1261952
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The provenance of water and organic compounds on Earth and other terrestrial planets has been discussed for a long time without reaching a consensus. One of the best means to distinguish between different scenarios is by determining the deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratios in the reservoirs for comets and Earth's oceans. Here, we report the direct in situ measurement of the D/H ratio in the Jupiter family comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the ROSINA mass spectrometer aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which is found to be (5.3 +/- 0.7) x 10(-4)-that is, approximately three times the terrestrial value. Previous cometary measurements and our new finding suggest a wide range of D/H ratios in the water within Jupiter family objects and preclude the idea that this reservoir is solely composed of Earth ocean-like water.
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