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The C/H ratio in Jupiter from the Voyager infrared investigationFrom a selection Voyager IRIS spectra corresponding to cloud-free areas of Jupiter, the CH4/H2 volume ratio in the atmosphere of this planet has been determined to be equal to 0.00195 + or - 0.00022, which corresponds to 2.07 + or - 0.24 times the solar value of Lambert (C/H = 0.00047). The estimate of errors includes both instrument noise and systematic uncertainties. Implications of this result for the formation and evolution of Jupiter are discussed.
Document ID
19820053304
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1086/160040
Authors
Gautier, D. (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Bezard, B. (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Marten, A. (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Baluteau, J. P. (Paris, Observatoire, Meudon Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Scott, N. (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Chedin, A. (Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, Essonne, France)
Kunde, K. (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon France)
Hanel, R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
June 15, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Astrophysical Journal
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
82A36839
Distribution Limits
Public
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