Monodeuterated methane in the outer solar system. II - Its detection on Uranus at 1.6 microns

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Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986apj...311..501d&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 311, Dec. 1, 1986, p. 501-510.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atmospheric Composition, Deuterium Compounds, Infrared Astronomy, Methane, Uranus Atmosphere, Atmospheric Models, Line Spectra, Spectrum Analysis

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The authors have detected the 3ν2 band of CH3D in the spectrum of Uranus recorded with the Fourier Transform Spectrometer at the 4 m Mayall telescope of KPNO. Using a scattering-model atmosphere and spectral synthesis techniques, they derive a bulk CH3D/CH4 mixing ratio of 3.6(+3.6, -2.8)×10-4 from these observations. This suggests a deuterium enhancement in methane relative to that observed on Jupiter and Saturn.

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