Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...223.1072p&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 223, Aug. 1, 1978, p. 1072-1081.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Models, Carbon Monoxide, Jupiter Atmosphere, Photochemical Reactions, Ablation, Bibliographies, Gas Mixtures, Graphs (Charts), Hydrocarbons, Methane, Micrometeoroids, Photolysis, Pressure Effects, Water, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Jupiter, Flux, Atmosphere, Temperature, Water, Abundance, Diffusion, Methane, Hydrogen, Concentrations, Models, Spectroscopy, Chemical Composition
Scientific paper
Ablation of meteoroidal material in Jupiter's atmosphere may provide substantial quantities of H2O. Subsequent photochemistry can convert H2O and CH4 to CO and H2. The associated source of CO could account for the observations by Beer, Larson, Fink, and Treffers, and Beer and Taylor, and would explain the relatively low rotational temperatures inferred by Beer and Taylor. Meteoritic debris might also provide spectroscopically detectable concentrations of SiO.
Logan Jennifer A.
McElroy Michael B.
Prather Michael J.
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