Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997dps....29.1516f&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #15.16; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 29, p.995
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The deuterium abundance in Jupiter and Saturn probably reflects the D/H ratio in the protosolar nebula. In contrast, Uranus and Neptune may have been enriched in deuterium by the mixing of their H_2 envelopes with volatiles originating from D-enriched ices. Observational support for this plausible scenario is still needed, however, as current D/H determinations on Uranus and Neptune come from still relatively uncertain near-IR measurements of CH_3D. Observations with the Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) of the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), performed on Oct. 9, 1996 and March 26, 1997, have allowed the detection of the rotational R(2) line of HD at 37.7 micron (265.3 cm(-1) ). The line, observed at a resolving power of about 1400 with the grating mode of SWS, shows up as an emission feature of about 10 Jy over a 95 Jy continuum. This observation represents in fact the first ever detection of HD in Neptune. An upper limit on the HD R(3) line at 28.5 mu m was also obtained. Modelling of these observations and a preliminary estimate of the D/H ratio in Neptune will be given. As the HD mixing ratio inferred from the observations is sensitive to the Neptune lower stratosphere temperature profile, we use the 28.2 micron S(0) line H_2, detected simultaneously with HD, as a modelling constraint.
de Graauw Th.
Encrenaz Th.
Feuchtgruber Helmut
Griffin Matt
Lellouch Emmanuel
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