Interstellar cloud material - Contribution to planetary atmospheres

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Aug 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978sci...201..522b&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 201, Aug. 11, 1978, p. 522-525.

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Abundance, Atmospheric Composition, Interstellar Matter, Planetary Atmospheres, Argon, Atmospheric Chemistry, Clouds, Earth Atmosphere, Mars Atmosphere, Neon, Space Density, Venus Atmosphere, Solar System, Planets, Clouds, Isotopes, Neon, Abundance, Atmosphere, Density, Evolution

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A statistical analysis of the properties of dense interstellar clouds indicates that the solar system has encountered at least a dozen clouds of sufficient density to cause planets to accumulate nonnegligible amounts of some isotopes. The effect is most pronounced for neon. This mechanism could be responsible for much of the neon in Earth's atmosphere. For Mars, the predicted amount of neon added by cloud encounters greatly exceeds the present abundance.

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