On the possible detection of CH3D on Titan and Uranus

Details On the possible detection of CH3D on Titan and Uranus On the possible detection of CH3D on Titan and Uranus

Sep 1981

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor, vol. 248, Sept. 15, 1981, p. L141-L145.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Atmospheric Chemistry, Deuterium Compounds, Methane, Satellite Atmospheres, Titan, Uranus Atmosphere, Abundance, Atmospheric Composition, Infrared Spectra, Line Spectra, Planets, Uranus, Saturn, Satellites, Titan, Deuterium, Infrared, Data, Spectrum, Comparisons, Atmosphere, Observations, Abundance, Absorption, Methane, Analysis, Interferometry

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The possible spectral detection of monodeuterated methane, CH3D, in the atmospheres of Titan and Uranus is reported. The detection was made on the basis of the identification of a new band centered near 6425 per cm in laboratory spectra of CH3D, which could possibly account for the strength of the methane absorption near 6400 per cm observed in the interferometric spectra of Titan and Uranus of Fink and Larson (1979). On the basis of measurements of the CH3D/CH4 natural abundance ratio and the estimated band strength of the 6425 per cm band, it is concluded that approximately 15% of the observed methane absorption is due to CH3D, rather than a pure temperature effect in CH4.

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