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The D/H Ratio in Jupiter's Atmosphere

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DEUTERIUM has recently been detected in the methane component of the Jovian atmosphere1. Here we estimate this ratio theoretically with the help of recent work by Geiss and Reeves2.

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  1. Section d'Etudes Spatiales Saclay and Institut d'Astrophysique, Paris

    H. REEVES

  2. Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris

    Y. BOTTINGA

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REEVES, H., BOTTINGA, Y. The D/H Ratio in Jupiter's Atmosphere. Nature 238, 326–327 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/238326a0

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